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Reports
Date
2017 Year End Report 31 December 2017
Holiday Party Observing 31 December 2017
Another Short Session of Moon Observing, iPhone Lunar Astrophotography 30 December 2017
Short Moon Observing Session, iPhone Lunar Astrophotography 29 December 2017
SpaceX Falcon 9 California Launch seen from Arizona! 23 December 2017
iPhone Astrophotography: Crescent Moon and Earthshine 21 December 2017
DSLR Imaging: Asteroid 3200 Phaethon, Orion 16 December 2017
iPhone Messier Catalog Astrophotography; Observing Asteroid 3200 Phaethon 15 December 2017
Talk to 4th Graders; Asteroid 3200 Phaethon 14 December 2017
Review - ScopeStuff Red Dot Finder for SLR Hotshoe 9 December 2017
DSLR & SkyTracker Pro: M45 Pleiades 9 December 2017
M31 100" vs 12" LX600 Telescopes; DSLR vs iPhone Imaging: M15 Globular Cluster 7 December 2017

DSLR Astrophotography: Moon; Mercury & Saturn 27 November 2017
DSLR Astrophotography: Mercury & Saturn, Moon, ISS 26 November 2017
iPhone Astrophotography: Mercury, Saturn, & Kitt Peak; Lunar Craters 25 November 2017
DSLR Astrophotography: NGC247, NGC246, & Caldwell 51 24 November 2017
D7200 DSLR Astrophotography: Crescent Moon, M77 Galaxy 23 November 2017
iPhone Astrophotography: Messier Galaxy, Open Star Clusters, Crab Nebula 20 November 2017
iPhone 8 Plus Astrophotography: M74 Galaxy 19 November 2017
New Solar Powered LED Pathway Lights 18 November 2017
Review - ScopeBoss iOS AutoStar II App v1.1 14 November 2017
iPhone Astrophotography: Andromeda Galaxy, Triangulum Galaxy, Dumbbell Nebula 12 November 2017
iPhone 8 Plus Astrophotography: M76 Little Dumbbell Nebula 10 November 2017
iPhone 8 Plus Astrophotography: Waning Gibbous Moon 6 November 2017
iPhone 8 Plus Astrophotography: Nearly Full Moon 3 November 2017
iPhone Waxing Gibbous Moon; Short Session 2 November 2017

Review - Solar Film Filter 67mm 30 October 2017
iPhone Astrophotography: Moon, M15 Globular Cluster 30 October 2017
iPhone Astrophotography: Sunrise at Clavius Crater, Double-Double Star 29 October 2017
iPhone Astrophotography: Moon, Epsilon Lyrae, Albireo 28 October 2017
iPhone Astrophotography: Messier Globular & Open Clusters, Double Cluster 27 October 2017
iPhone 8 Plus Astrophotography: More Messier Globular Clusters 26 October 2017
iPhone 8 Plus Astrophotography: Moon, Messier Globular Clusters 25 October 2017
iPhone 8 Plus Astrophotography: Moon, Messier Open Star Clusters; Critter 24 October 2017
iPhone 8 Plus - Astrophotography 23 October 2017
iPhone 8 Plus - Astrophotography Tests 22 October 2017
More Geosynchronous Satellites; NGC474 & NGC470 Galaxies 17 October 2017
Geosynchronous Satellites; NGC474 & NGC470 Galaxies 16 October 2017
DSLR + 12" LX600 imaging: NGC891 Galaxy 15 October 2017
Lunar iPhone Imaging, Moon on Dome & Cassiopeia 1 October 2017

Review - AstroAid v3 iOS App 30 September 2017
Lunar Crater Copernicus, Moon on Dome 30 September 2017
Moonlit Observatory, Lunar Straight Wall 29 September 2017
Critter, First Quarter Moon 28 September 2017
iPhone imaging: The Pleiades 26 September 2017
Critter; Messier Globular & Open Clusters, Einstein Cross attempt 25 September 2017
Sun; Pluto, More Messier Globular Clusters 19 September 2017
Gift from IU; Imaging: Pluto, Eagle Nebula, Messier open clusters, 61 Cygni, Ring Nebula 18 September 2017
10th Special Visit to use the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope 16 September 2017
Messier Globular Clusters imaging 13 September 2017
Total Solar Eclipse - 21 August 2017 4 September 2017

More Moon Imaging 31 August 2017
Back in the Observatory, Moon Imaging 30 August 2017
Preliminary Report on the Total Solar Eclipse 21 August 2017
iPhone Imaging Lunar Craters Tycho and Bailly 6 August 2017
Review - Camera Right Angle Viewfinder 5 August 2017
Short Session of Moon and Planets Observing 5 August 2017
July-August Weather Updates; Memories of the March 1970 Total Solar Eclipse 4 August 2017
Review - Manfrotto 410 Junior Geared Head 4 August 2017

More Weather Updates; Sun Imaging Tests 26 July 2017
Review - Kendrick Self Adhesive Sun Finder 15 July 2017
Weather Updates; Short Planets Observing Session 12 July 2017
Book Review - How to Photograph the Total Solar Eclipse 10 July 2017
Smokey Sky, Waxing Gibbous Moon 6 July 2017

Lunar Crater Humboldt Details 30 June 2017
Lunar Crater Humboldt at Good Libration 29 June 2017
Moon, Earthshine, and Regulus 28 June 2017
Setting Sun, Crescent Moon, Earthshine, M23 Open Star Cluster 27 June 2017
Two Messier Catalog Open Star Clusters 24 June 2017
Ring Nebula with iPhone & NightCap Camera 23 June 2017
SkyShed POD Air Conditioner Installation 22 June 2017
Smokey Skies & HOT temps; Short Cloudy Sky Session 21 June 2017
iPhone NightCap Omega Centauri, Milky Way; DSLR Milky Way, NGC6822 Galaxy 17 June 2017
iPhone NightCap M13 Globular Cluster; DSLR Planets, Messier Star Clusters 16 June 2017
iPhone Fisheye Lens NightCap Camera ISS; DSLR Jupiter 15 June 2017
SkyTracker Pro ISS; Messier Globular Star Clusters, Jupiter, Saturn, 61 Cygni 14 June 2017
SkyTracker Pro & 600mm Lens: Jupiter, Saturn, Moon; iPhone: Jupiter, Saturn, Moon 11 June 2017
Jupiter, Moon and Saturn 10 June 2017
Visitors, Moon, Jupiter 5 June 2017
Moon and Jupiter 4 June 2017
Supernova 2017ein in Galaxy NGC3938, Near Earth Object 2017 CS 2 June 2017

ETX-125 Observer; Globular Clusters; NEO 2017 CS; SkyTracker Pro North American Nebula, Milky Way 29 May 2017
DSLR imaging: Crescent Moon, Globular Star Clusters 28 May 2017
Review - Meade ETX-125 Observer Telescope 24 May 2017
SkyTracker Pro & DSLR imaging: Comet Johnson, Omega Centauri Globular Cluster 23 May 2017
Book Review - Eclipse Bulletin: Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 August 21 22 May 2017
ETX-125 Observer tests; Ghost of Jupiter, Comet Johnson, M102, M83, M5 22 May 2017
More ETX-125 Observer tests; DSOs, Supernova 2017eaw 20 May 2017
Review - Solar Eclipse Timer app 16 May 2017
New Local POD; ETX-125 Observer "First Light"; Ghost of Jupiter Nebula 14 May 2017
iPhone Waxing Gibbous Moon 7 May 2017
Review - Smartphone 8X Telephoto Kit with Solar Filter 5 May 2017
iPhone Lunar Polar Regions (again) 5 May 2017
iPhone Lunar Polar Regions 4 May 2017
iPhone Lunar North and South Pole Regions 3 May 2017
iPhone Lunar Ridges and Rilles 2 May 2017
Moon, Comet Johnson, Galaxies, Cat's Eye Nebula; TV Star! 1 May 2017

D7200 DSLR Virgo Galaxies, iPhone Sombrero Galaxy 23 April 2017
iPhone & SkyTracker Pro Orion, Zodiacal Light; DSLR Virgo Galaxies, Cat's Eye Nebula 22 April 2017
Zodiacal Light with SkyTracker Pro, Virgo Galaxies; Astronomer A.E. Douglass & Oracle 21 April 2017
iPhone Jupiter; Another NEO 2014 JO25 Attempt (bust) 20 April 2017
Jupiter, Cat's Eye Nebula, Near Earth Object Asteroid 2014 JO25 (bust) 19 April 2017
Imaging: ISS, Galaxies, Galaxies, and More Galaxies 16 April 2017
Vignetting Tests; NightCap Pro tests; NGC3926, Jupiter; Faint Galaxies Observing 15 April 2017
Oracle Observatory 10 Years Ago; Messier Catalog Galaxies, Jupiter, Jupiter on Dome 13 April 2017
Full "Pink" Moon (but not "pink"), Moon on Observatory Dome 11 April 2017
Visitor, Galilean Moons, Moonset 9 April 2017
Mercury, Moon with DSLR; Comet 41P/T-G-K with iPhone & NightCap Pro 6 April 2017
Sun AR2645; Falcon; Mercury, Moon 3 April 2017

Crescent Moon, Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 30 March 2017
Sunset Sky, Sirius, ISS, Comet 41P/T-G-K, NGC4565 Needle Galaxy 27 March 2017
Supernova 2017cbv in NGC5643 Galaxy, Omega Centauri, Centaurus A 26 March 2017
New Addition at Observatory; Imaging: Venus, Comet 41P, More Galaxies 25 March 2017
AZ Public Media Interview; Imaging: Messier Galaxies, Sarah's Galaxy 22 March 2017
Crescent Venus, Revolution Imager on 12" Telescope 20 March 2017
Imaging: Venus, Comet 41P/T-G-K, Seven Galaxies 17 March 2017
Pathway Lighting Update; Critter Visitor; ETX-90 tests; Imaging: Venus, Some Galaxies 15 March 2017
Short Visit to the Moon 14 March 2017
iPhone imaging: Venus, Moon; Moonset near Picacho Peak 13 March 2017
Imaging: Crescent Venus, Rising Moon; Time-Lapse Video: Closing the Observatory 12 March 2017
DSLR imaging: Venus Crescent with 600mm lens; Moon imaging 11 March 2017
D7200 DSLR imaging: Venus, Lunar Crater Tycho 10 March 2017
iPhone imaging: Venus, Sunset Clouds, Lunar Crater Gassendi 9 March 2017
iPhone imaging: Venus, Waxing Gibbous Moon 8 March 2017
POD Door Hinge Fix; Venus, Moon 7 March 2017
Imaging: Venus, Moon, Pleiades, Galaxies 2 March 2017

iPhone Venus, DSLR SkyTracker Pro Orion, Critters 25 February 2017
iPhone 8X Telephoto Lens Tests; DSLR Two Faint Comets 24 February 2017
DSLR imaging: Comet Encke, Owl Nebula, Galaxies 21 February 2017
Visitors; D7200 DSLR DSO Imaging 16 February 2017
Full Moon 11 February 2017
Nearly Full Moon, Pup Star iPhone test; Star Canopus 10 February 2017
iPhone NightCap Pro imaging: Venus, Moon 5 February 2017
Imaging: Venus Phase; Moon, Mars, and Venus; Moon Craters 2 February 2017
Imaging: Mars, Moon, and Venus 1 February 2017

Review - iOptron SkyTracker Pro 31 January 2017
More iOptron SkyTracker Pro Astrophotography Tests 31 January 2017
iPhone Imaging: ISS, Crescent Moon; DSLR Imaging: RW Tauri Eclipse 30 January 2017
iPhone Imaging: ISS, iOptron SkyTracker Pro Tests 29 January 2017
Imaging: Auriga Open Star Clusters, M74 & M77 Galaxies 28 January 2017
Imaging: M74 & M77 Galaxies, M79 Globular Cluster 27 January 2017
Critter, Quasar CTA 102, IC342 Galaxy, M34 & M35 Open Clusters 26 January 2017
Observing: Quasar CTA 102; Imaging: Polar-Ring Galaxies, More Galaxies 23 January 2017
Observing: RW Tauri Eclipsing Binary Star; Imaging: Orion Nebulae, Pleiades, Andromeda Galaxy 19 January 2017
Venus-Neptune 0.4° Conjunction, Full Moon 13 January 2017
iPhone imaging: Half Venus, Full Moon 12 January 2017
Imaging: Owl, Moon, Comet 45P, Venus; Bright Bolide 7 January 2017

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