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Reports

Date

December 2014
2014 Year End Report	31 December 2014
Moon Straight Wall and Mountain Shadows, Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) Motion	30 December 2014
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) and M79 Globular Cluster	29 December 2014
Holiday Open House, iPhone Imaging Comet Lovejoy with NightCap Pro	28 December 2014
iPhone Lunar Imaging, D7000 DSLR Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)	27 December 2014
Orion Nebula with iPhone 5s and NightCap Pro App, Comet C/2014 Q2 Observing	24 December 2014
Venus & Crescent Moon, Visual Tests of Donated Vixen Telescope, Some DSO Observing	23 December 2014
Some Updates, Unboxed Donated Vixen Telescope, iPhone Sun Imaging	20 December 2014
D7000 DSLR Imaging: Cocoon Nebula	10 December 2014
iPhone Lunar Imaging: Craters Pythagoras, Hevelius, and Grimaldi	5 December 2014

November 2014
iPhone DSO Astrophotography: M13, M27, M11	23 November 2014
Fun Night of Observing Many DSOs, Slow Moving Satellites	20 November 2014
M45 (Pleiades) Imaging	18 November 2014
Andromeda Galaxy Globular Clusters observing; M45, M35, IC443, & IC418 imaging	16 November 2014
IDA Press Release, Interviews, M33 Observing	13 November 2014
Lots of Observing, More on Green Laser Pointer	12 November 2014
ETX-105PE troubleshooting, Green Laser Pointer, SQM-L test, DSO observing	11 November 2014
Short Waning Gibbous Moon Session	10 November 2014
Binoviewers DSO and Moon Observing	9 November 2014
Review - William Optics Binoviewers	8 November 2014
More Binoviewers Tests	8 November 2014
Review - Baader Zoom 8-24mm Eyepiece	7 November 2014
More New Accessories Testing, iPhone 5s Full Moon	7 November 2014
ISS-Sun Transit	6 November 2014
Still More Product Reviews Work	6 November 2014
More Work on Two Product Reviews	5 November 2014
Working on Two Product Reviews	4 November 2014
Arizona Science and Astronomy Expo	3 November 2014

October 2014
Moon iPhone Imaging, Halloween Sights	30 October 2014
ISS, Moon	29 October 2014
DSLR: Moon, ISS, Cassiopeia DSOs, Asteroid 6 Hebe; iPhone: Moon, DSOs	28 October 2014
D7000 DSLR Imaging: M38 Open Cluster, Asteroid 6 Hebe	25 October 2014
iPhone Deep Sky Object Imaging	24 October 2014
Partial Solar Eclipse	23 October 2014
iPhone 5s Night Sky Photography, DSO Observing	23 October 2014
SkyShed POD Banner, Partial Solar Eclipse Dry Run	22 October 2014
Neptune and Triton, iPhone Sky Photography	15 October 2014
Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring, iPhone Milky Way, Neptune moon Triton	14 October 2014
Observatory Update, Total Lunar Eclipse Washout, Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring	11 October 2014
iPhone Lunar Imaging	6 October 2014
Owl, Moon, Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring	4 October 2014
iPhone Moon Photography	3 October 2014
Moon, Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring	1 October 2014

September 2014
Imaging: Moon, NGC7009 (Saturn Nebula), Messier Open Clusters	30 September 2014
NGC7662 Blue Snowball Nebula Imaging, DSO Observing	24 September 2014
Weather Update, Mars in Scorpius, DSO Observing	23 September 2014
Comparison: Nebulosity vs PixInsight	16 September 2014
Polar Alignment Check, NGC7023, Image Processing Tests	15 September 2014
Asteroid 12 Victoria Observing; iPhone 5s Lunar Photography	12 September 2014
Asteroid 12 Victoria	11 September 2014
Book Review - Celestial Sleuth	4 September 2014
iPhone 5s: Lunar Crater Clavius; Critter Visitor	3 September 2014
iPhone 5s Lunar Imaging: Craters Pallas, Murchison, Albategnius	2 September 2014
Craters Atlas, Hercules, Aristoteles, Eudoxus; Rima Ariadaeus; Bubble Nebula; M34	1 September 2014

August 2014
More Messier Object Imaging, Bubble Nebula	31 August 2014
Busy Night Imaging Messier Star Clusters, Comet C/2014 E2; iPhone 5s Star Trails	30 August 2014
Comparison: 2" vs 1.25" Prime Focus DSLR Adapters	29 August 2014
Crescent Moon, M16 Exposure Tests, Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques	28 August 2014
Modified MX-1 iPhone Afocal Adapter, Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques	24 August 2014
Dark Skies and Emerging Technology Conference	24 August 2014
Arizona Monsoon Storm Update, Hail Damage	17 August 2014
Weather Update, Clear Sky Chart, Other News	15 August 2014
Book Review - Getting Started: Long Exposure Astrophotography	14 August 2014
Book Review - Messier Astrophotography Reference	11 August 2014
Book Review - Getting Started: Budget Astrophotography	7 August 2014
Lunar Southern Region, ETX-105PE Observing	7 August 2014
Book Review - Getting Started: Visual Astronomy	6 August 2014
International Space Station, Moon Southern Region	6 August 2014
Lunar Crater Fontenelle, Barnard's Star	5 August 2014

July 2014
SkyShed POD 5th Anniversary	25 July 2014
Double Star 61 Cygni, 12x70 Binoculars Tests, IC1284/NGC6589/NGC6595, NGC7789	22 July 2014
Weather Update, Double Star 61 Cygni, Comet 2013 UQ4	21 July 2014
Ceres and Vesta Conjunction	3 July 2014
Lunar Craters, Asteroids Ceres and Vesta	1 July 2014

June 2014
Crescent Moon, Asteroids Ceres and Vesta	30 June 2014
Thin Crescent Moon, Mars, Saturn	29 June 2014
Imaging: Saturn, NGC6231 Open Cluster; Lots of DSO Observing	28 June 2014
Imaging Mars and Saturn; Critters	26 June 2014
Video of Milky Way Rising over Oracle State Park	25 June 2014
Visitor, Another Good ISS Image	24 June 2014
iPhone 5s Saturn; D7000 DSLR ISS, Comet PanSTARRS; iCSC iOS app	23 June 2014
Live Music & Star Party at Oracle State Park	22 June 2014
Short Session: Visitor, iPhone 5s Saturn	20 June 2014
Oracle State Park Live Music and Star Party 21 June	18 June 2014
Planets, Omega Centauri, Ring Nebula, Galaxies, Comet PanSTARRS; iPhone 5s: Saturn	15 June 2014
HST-Moon Transit, Mars, Saturn, Lunar Crater J. Herschel, Moon on POD Dome	9 June 2014
iPhone 5s Imaging: Mars, Lunar Crater Clavius	7 June 2014
Imaging: Mercury, Lunar Montes Alpes & Crater Maginus, Saturn; AstroAlign App	6 June 2014
Mercury, Jupiter's Galilean Moons, Lunar Crater Stöfler, Mars, Saturn, Kissing Bugs	5 June 2014
Imaging: Moon, Planets, Comet C/2012 K1, Omega Centauri, Centaurus A, Kissing Bug	1 June 2014

May 2014
iPhone 5s + 8" LX200-ACF: Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars	26 May 2014
Mars, Camelopardalid Meteors	24 May 2014
Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Comets 209P and 2012 K1	22 May 2014
Mercury, Setting Sun, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Moon	16 May 2014
Short Session: Critter, Mars, Setting Sun	15 May 2014
iPhone 5s: Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Moon	14 May 2014
Short Session of Planet Observing and Moon Photography	12 May 2014
Jupiter Galilean Moons, Lunar Crater J. Herschel, the Sun's Long-Lost Brother	11 May 2014
Jupiter, Crater Plato, Straight Wall, Mars	8 May 2014
Oracle State Park: Sky Quality Measurements #2	3 May 2014
iPhone 5s: Crescent Moon, Jupiter, Mars	2 May 2014

April 2014
Jupiter; NightCap Pro M42; M100, M99, M98, NGC4216, and Other Galaxies	30 April 2014
Oracle State Park: Sky Quality Measurements	29 April 2014
GorillaPOD, Jupiter, NightCap Pro, ISS, M49 Galaxy, Mars, Sky Quality Measurements	24 April 2014
Mars, M104 Sombrero Galaxy, Centaurus A Galaxy, Omega Centauri, Saturn	21 April 2014
Catalina State Park Star Party	20 April 2014
Initial NightCap Pro iOS App Tests; iPhone Jupiter and Mars	17 April 2014
iPhone 5s: Jupiter and Io Shadow	16 April 2014
Total Lunar Eclipse	15 April 2014
Jupiter Moons, Mars, Total Lunar Eclipse Preparations	14 April 2014
Jupiter and Great Red Spot, Lunar Crater Pythagoras	13 April 2014
Opposition of Mars (with credit to H.G. Wells & Orson Welles)	9 April 2014
iPhone 5s: Jupiter, Lunar Montes Apenninus, Mars	8 April 2014
Moon and Jupiter	7 April 2014
Crescent Moon, Moon and Hyades Conjunction	3 April 2014
Meade Diagonal Update; Crescent Moon, M1 Crab Nebula	1 April 2014

March 2014
Observing with WIYN 3.5m Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory	30 March 2014
M1 Crab Nebula, NGC4236 Galaxy, M51 Whirlpool Galaxy	23 March 2014
NGC2336 Galaxy, Leo Triplet Galaxies, Jupiter	20 March 2014
iPhone 5s: Nearly Full Moon; D7000 DSLR: Jupiter	17 March 2014
Meade 2" Diagonal Fix; iPhone 5s: Nearly Full Moon	16 March 2014
Update on Meade 2" Diagonal; iPhone 5s: Lunar Crater Gassendi	13 March 2014
iPhone 5s: Lunar Craters Copernicus and Clavius	11 March 2014
iPhone 5s: Lunar Straight Wall	10 March 2014
Lunar Craters Aristillus and Autolycus	9 March 2014

February 2014
NGC2336 Galaxy, M1 Crab Nebula	28 February 2014
Review: Zhumell 2 Inch SEE IT ALL Telescope Filter Set	23 February 2014
Jupiter, NGC2336 Galaxy, M82 Galaxy Supernova SN2014j	22 February 2014
Jupiter Galilean Moons, NGC2336 Galaxy	18 February 2014
Full Moon Rising	15 February 2014
Nearly Full Moon, NGC2336 Galaxy, Lunar Crater Pythagoras, Sirius B	14 February 2014
Piggyback Adapter mod, Jupiter & Moon, NGC2336 Galaxy, Crater Copernicus	11 February 2014
Lunar Crater Clavius, Jupiter with Ganymede and Its Shadow	9 February 2014

January 2014
Meade Diagonal Status, Project Nightflight, Jupiter Moons, Supernova SN2014j	28 January 2014
Mercury, Clouds at Sunset, Supernova SN2014j Observation	27 January 2014
Fisheye Lens Sky, M82 Galaxy Supernova SN2014j, NGC4236 Galaxy	23 January 2014
Jupiter Moons, Jupiter Video Tests, Waning Gibbous Moon	18 January 2014
More Jupiter Video Tests, Day Past Full Moon	17 January 2014
Fisheye Lens Sky, More Jupiter Video Tests, Full Moon	16 January 2014
Jupiter-Moon Conjunction, Fisheye Sky and Observatory	15 January 2014
Moon and SkyShed POD, Jupiter Video Tests	14 January 2014
Telescope Corrector Lens Cleaning, Lunar Pico Mons and Pico β	11 January 2014
Lunar "Double-Double Star", Jupiter D7000 DSLR Video Tests	9 January 2014
Sunspot AR1944, Hello Daytime Venus, Sunset and Kitt Peak	7 January 2014
Bye-Bye Venus; Lunar Craters Catharina, Cyrillus, and Theophilus	7 January 2014
New Personal Record: 13h48m Moon	2 January 2014

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