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Reports

Date Posted

2020 Year End Report	31 December 2020
iPhone imaging: Summer Triangle, Orion Rising, Moon	31 December 2020
Full Moon on Dome	30 December 2020
Moon on Dome with Jupiter & Saturn	27 December 2020
Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction 29' 35"; Moon on Dome	26 December 2020
Review - Explore One 1080p HD Action Sports Camera	23 December 2020
Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction 6' 22"	22 December 2020
Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction 6' 09" Daytime Observing	21 December 2020
Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction 7' 52"	21 December 2020
Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction 13' 09"	20 December 2020
Jupiter & Saturn Conjunction 19' 19"	19 December 2020
Jupiter & Saturn Conjunction 32' 13" with Crescent Moon	17 December 2020
Jupiter & Saturn Conjunction 38' 45"	16 December 2020
Jupiter & Saturn Conjunction 45'18" on Dome	15 December 2020
Jupiter & Saturn Conjunction <1°	13 December 2020
Daytime Occultation of Venus	12 December 2020
Review - Pixel Wireless Shutter Release	8 December 2020
iPhone & D850 DSLR imaging: Crab Nebula	7 December 2020
D7200 DSLR piggyback imaging: Pleiades & Hyades star clusters	6 December 2020
D850 DSLR UHC Filter imaging: Sculptor Galaxy, Pleiades	5 December 2020
Jupiter & Saturn over Cassiopeia Observatory, Moon	1 December 2020

Brief Session with a Full Moon	30 November 2020
Short Session, iPhone Moon	29 November 2020
Sun imaging, Sunspot AR2786	28 November 2020
Moon on Dome, Crater Aristarchus	28 November 2020
DSLR imaging: Sunspot AR2786, Moon on Dome, Colors on Moon	27 November 2020
DSLR Planets, iPhone Moon on Dome, iPhone Moon	26 November 2020
Review - Explore Scientific 2" 9mm 120° eyepiece	25 November 2020
Moon imaging	25 November 2020
Crescent Moon and Earthshine	18 November 2020
Crescent Moon, Earthshine, Jupiter, and Saturn; ISS & Crew Dragon	17 November 2020
Greenhouse Lights, M33 Triangulum Galaxy	15 November 2020
Sculptor Galaxy with Explore Scientific UHC Filter	14 November 2020
Fishhead Nebula in Cassiopeia	13 November 2020
Phantom of the Opera Nebula in Cassiopeia	12 November 2020
Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia	11 November 2020
Piggyback imaging: Heart & Soul Nebulae, the Pleiades	5 November 2020

Jupiter and Saturn, Moon	30 October 2020
D850 DSLR: Planets, Moon	29 October 2020
iPhone: Moon on SkyShed POD Dome	28 October 2020
D850 DSLR Moon imaging	23 October 2020
iPhone Moon imaging	22 October 2020
D7200 DSLR Moon, SkySafari 6 Pro Wi-Fi Troubleshooting	21 October 2020
More D850 DSLR White Balance Tests, Dumbbell Nebula	20 October 2020
D850 DSLR White Balance Tests, Dumbbell Nebula	19 October 2020
Asteroid Kirkwood, Asteroid Kitt Peak	17 October 2020
Review - Sensei Filter Step-Down Rings	16 October 2020
Saturn, New Accessory Tests, Heart & Soul Nebulae, Pleiades, Mars	16 October 2020
D850 DSLR imaging: Mirach Ghost Galaxy, Helix Nebula, Moons of Neptune & Uranus	15 October 2020
D850/D7200/iPhone imaging: Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, M31 & M33 galaxies	14 October 2020
D850 DSLR imaging: Elephant Trunk & Bubble Nebulae, Mars	12 October 2020
D850 DSLR Jupiter, Saturn, Mars; StarLock Auto RA PEC Training	11 October 2020
D850 DSLR imaging: ISS; Ring, Dumbbell, Veil Nebulae; Mars	10 October 2020
D7200 DSLR imaging: ISS, Planets, M31 and M33 Galaxies	9 October 2020
Explore Alliance Global Star Party, iPhone Saturn, Mars, Moon	7 October 2020
Mars on Dome, Mars imaging	5 October 2020
Cassiopeia Observatory video tests	4 October 2020
High Magnification Planet Imaging Tests, Mars-Moon Conjunction	3 October 2020
Apogee vs Perigee Full Moon, Moon on Dome	2 October 2020
D850 DSLR Planets, iPhone Moon on Dome	1 October 2020

D850 DSLR Moon, Planets; iPhone Moon on Dome	30 September 2020
Short Session, Colors on the Moon	29 September 2020
iPhone Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars	28 September 2020
iPhone Lunar Craters Copernicus & Clavius	27 September 2020
D850 DSLR Straight Wall, Clavius Crater	26 September 2020
D850 DSLR Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars	25 September 2020
iPhone Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars	24 September 2020
Still Smokey Sky, iPhone: Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Summer Triangle	20 September 2020
Review - Explore Scientific 2" 17mm, 12mm 92° eyepieces	19 September 2020
Smokey Skies, Sunset & Picacho Peak, International Space Station	18 September 2020
Book Review - The Last Stargazers	12 September 2020
My Observing Logs from the 1960s, Comets Alcock (1963b) & Ikeya-Seki (1065F)	9 September 2020
Trifid Nebula HA-OIII, Observing Galaxy Trios	8 September 2020
iPhone Planets, D850 HA-OIII Messier Nebulae	7 September 2020
Very Short Observing Session	6 September 2020
D850 DSLR tests: Jupiter, Saturn, Swan Nebula	5 September 2020
Review - Explore Scientific 2" UHC Filter	4 September 2020
UHC Filter Imaging Tests	4 September 2020
Filter Slider System, More UHC Filter Tests	3 September 2020
Initial UHC Filter tests, D850 DSLR Jupiter, Saturn, Full Moon	2 September 2020
Weather Updates, More Wildfires, Cloud Shortened Session	1 September 2020

Article - How I Do Astrophotography	29 August 2020
iPad Tripod Mount tests, Cloud Shortened Session	23 August 2020
Weather, Air Conditioner, Another Wildfire, 11th First Light Anniversary, iPhone Planets	22 August 2020
Review - Bresser Smartphone Adapter	16 August 2020
iPhone Messier Catalog Object Astrophotography	10 August 2020
Brief Session in Observatory	9 August 2020
Smokey Sky (again), iPhone Comet NEOWISE, Messier Globular Clusters	6 August 2020

iPhone Moon, Comet NEOWISE	31 July 2020
iPhone Moon, Comet NEOWISE; D850 DSLR Comet & ISS	30 July 2020
Comet NEOWISE over Cassiopeia Observatory	28 July 2020
Cloudy Skies and Comet NEOWISE	27 July 2020
Weather Updates, Cloud Shortened Session	21 July 2020
Comet NEOWISE, New Eyepieces More Tests	15 July 2020
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE First Sighting	14 July 2020
New SkyShed POD Zenith Table (PZT)	12 July 2020
The Comet that wasn't, New Eyepieces Tests	11 July 2020
Bighorn Fire Smoke, North American Nebula, Cygnus Loop Nebula	8 July 2020
iPhone Astrophotography Open Clusters, Lagoon Nebula, Eagle Nebula	7 July 2020
Supernovae 2020nlb & 2020nvb, More New Accessories Tests	6 July 2020
Supernova 2020nlb, Penumbral Lunar Eclipse	5 July 2020
Bighorn Fire updates, New Accessories tests, iPhone Moon	4 July 2020
Review - Explore Scientific 2" 14mm & 5.5mm 100° eyepieces	3 July 2020

Fire Updates, M85 Galaxy Supernova 2020nlb	30 June 2020
Bighorn Fire update, Better News, Short Session in Observatory	27 June 2020
Bighorn Fire updates, New PZT	26 June 2020
Bighorn Fire updates & some Good News!	23 June 2020
Wildfire updates, Many Thanks to our Firefighters!	20 June 2020
Bighorn Fire Updates	17 June 2020
Bighorn Fire updates, Supernova 2020fqv, iPhone Globular Clusters	14 June 2020
Smokey Skies continued, New PZT, Wolf 359 Parallax	12 June 2020
Still Smokey Sky, Siamese Twins Galaxies, Knife Edge Galaxy	10 June 2020
Wildfires, iPhone M10 & M12 Globular Clusters, Virgo Galaxies viewing	9 June 2020
Moon on Dome with Explore Scientific 14mm 100° eyepiece & ISS	4 June 2020

iPhone Moon Imaging	29 May 2020
Lunar Observing with Explore Scientific 100° FOV eyepieces	28 May 2020
Hercules & Centaurus Globular Clusters	27 May 2020
More New Accessories Tests, Venus, Moon, Globular Clusters	26 May 2020
Quail Family, M81 & M82 Galaxies and Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS)	25 May 2020
M81 & M82 Galaxies and Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS)	23 May 2020
Venus-Mercury Conjunction, Bright Bolide, More New Eyepiece Tests	22 May 2020
iPhone Venus, M13, M104, Omega Centauri; New Accessories Tests	21 May 2020
iPhone Venus, Mercury; Galaxies & Globular Clusters observing	19 May 2020
Venus, M61 Supernova 2020jfo	18 May 2020
Venus, ISS, IU Asteroid Goethe Link	17 May 2020
Thanks Neighbor!, Asteroid (4046) Swain	16 May 2020
Satellites Photobomb Asteroid Imaging	14 May 2020
Venus on SkyShed POD Dome	13 May 2020
Venus on Dome, Supernova 2020jfo, iPhone Messier Galaxy	12 May 2020
Visitor, Cloudy Sky	8 May 2020
Critters, Venus, Full Moon	7 May 2020
Review - ScopeStuff Meade Counterweight Rail Adapter	6 May 2020
Visitors, Venus, Moon	6 May 2020
iPhone Moon, Venus	5 May 2020
Review - ScopeStuff 1.25" Twist Lock Adapter for ETX Telescopes	4 May 2020
iPhone Venus, Moon	4 May 2020
Review - Moon Atlas for iOS	3 May 2020
ETX-90 DSLR Moon, LX600 iPhone Moon	3 May 2020

Near Earth Object Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2	30 April 2020
NEO Asteroid 1998 OR2	29 April 2020
Review - SpiralCam, MilkyCam, SaturnCam iPhone Astrophotography apps	28 April 2020
Venus, Moon, NEO Asteroid 1998 OR2	28 April 2020
Asteroid 1998 OR2, Sarah's Galaxy	27 April 2020
Crescent Moon, Whirlpool Galaxy, iPhone Globular Cluster	26 April 2020
Earthshine Visibility, iPhone Galaxies, Neighbor Lights	25 April 2020
NEO Asteroid 1998 OR2, Wolf 359 Parallax Program	24 April 2020
Review - ScopeStuff Camera Mount	23 April 2020
Visitor, Venus, Piggyback Galaxy Imaging	23 April 2020
Neighbor Nuisance Floodlights, iPhone Apps & Camera Mount Tests	21 April 2020
Smartphone Astrophotography talk video	19 April 2020
Thanks Neighbor! iPhone apps tests, iPhone Messier Galaxies	17 April 2020
Neighbor Lights; iPhone Messier Galaxies, M87 Jet!	16 April 2020
Venus shadow, iPhone Messier Galaxies	15 April 2020
Asteroid 15779 Scottroberts, iPhone Messier Galaxies	11 April 2020
Perigee Full Moon, Venus, Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), M53	10 April 2020
Venus, Moon, Venus & Pleiades	5 April 2020
Venus and Pleiades	4 April 2020
Venus and the Pleiades	3 April 2020
Venus-Pleiades, Comets, Neighborhood Light Nuisances	2 April 2020

Critters, Moon-Venus-Pleiades, Dr. Maarten Schmidt	29 March 2020
iPhone Venus, Visitors	22 March 2020
iPhone Astrophotography 12" LX600 and StarPro AZ 102mm, Visitor	20 March 2020
Visitors, Perigee Moon, iPhone Galaxies, Comet ATLAS, Neighbor Greenhouse Light	16 March 2020
Oracle State Park IDSP 5th Anniversary Celebration	15 March 2020
iPhone Moon, Venus, Orion Nebula	5 March 2020

Earthshine Visibility Project, Horsehead Nebula, M66 Galaxy, iPhone Owl Nebula	27 February 2020
iPhone Astrophotography: Orion Nebula, Star Trails, Galaxies, Leo Triplet	25 February 2020
Horsehead Nebula HA, iPhone M81 & M82	20 February 2020
Occultation of Mars	18 February 2020
SpaceX Starlink Train, Flame Nebula with SHO filters	18 February 2020
SpaceX Starlink Satellites, Neighbor Lights	17 February 2020
iPhone imaging Mercury, Venus, Hubble's Variable Nebula, Messier Open Star Clusters	16 February 2020
Zodiacal Light, Eskimo Nebula (SHO filters)	14 February 2020
Short Session with Venus & Mercury	13 February 2020
Gibbous Venus, Moon on Dome with planets & ISS, Full Moon	9 February 2020
Moon on Dome with Venus & Mercury, Orion Nebula	8 February 2020
Short Visit to the Moon	5 February 2020
D850 DSLR lunar imaging	2 February 2020

iPhone Moon imaging, IDA Dark Sky Advocates video teleconference	31 January 2020
Moon and Venus	29 January 2020
Venus Neptune Conjunction, Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS) and Double Cluster	28 January 2020
iPhone 11 Pro Max M44 (Beehive Cluster)	27 January 2020
Crescent Moon, Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS), M41, Orion, M44	26 January 2020
Asteroid (1988) Delores	24 January 2020
Oracle State Park Star Party	19 January 2020
D850 DSLR ISS & Orion; iPhone M79, Hubble's Variable Nebula	18 January 2020
SpaceX Starlink observations, Optolong SHO Orion Nebula, Hubble's Variable Nebula	14 January 2020
D850 DSLR Venus, Moon; iPhone "Full Moon on Dome"	11 January 2020
iPhone Imaging, Moon on Dome	8 January 2020
Short Session of iPhone Moon Imaging	7 January 2020
iPhone Imaging Venus, Moon	6 January 2020
iPhone Moon Imaging	4 January 2020
iPhone Messier Objects, Running Man Nebula; Dim Betelgeuse in Orion	3 January 2020

2019