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OBSERVATIONAL GUIDES AND REFERENCES

Last updated: 16 May 2013

This page is a collection of observational guides and references which you can use regardless of what telescope you have.

The Observational Guides, Constellation Guides, and several other articles are courtesy of Dr. Clay Sherrod (drclay@tcworks.net) and the Arkansas Sky Observatory. Other works are courtesy of their respective submitters.

Observational Guides

Finder Chart Virgo Galaxy Cluster (05/12/12)
Convert 1950 Epoch to 2000 Epoch (01/25/04)
Observing Meteors - The Leonids (10/24/01)
Observing Planets - Jupiter (part 3) (11/04/01)
Observing Planets - Jupiter (part 2) (09/06/01)
Messier Objects Listing (06/30/01)
Daylight Observing (04/03/01)
Observing Globular Clusters (03/31/01)
Observing the Sun (03/28/01)
Observing Planets - Venus (03/12/01)
Observing Planets - Mars (03/12/01)
Observing the Sirius Companion Star (03/09/01)
Observing Variable Stars (03/06/01)
Observing Asteroids and Comets (03/03/01)
Observing the Moon (02/24/01)
Observing the Pleiades (02/18/01)
Observing Variable Star Algol (02/16/01)
Observing Planets - Jupiter (Part 1) (02/13/01)
Observing Planets - Saturn (02/13/01)

Polar Alignment Guides

Polar Alignment by Iterating on One Star & Polaris (05/16/13)
Another Easy Daytime Polar Alignment (02/06/09)
Easy Daytime Polar Alignment (01/31/09)
Drift Alignment video tutorial (11/14/08)
Drift Polar Alignment (11/11/08)
Easy Drift Alignment (09/09/08)
Polar Alignment Spreadsheet Aid (10/08/07)
Polar alignment in the Southern Hemisphere (09/08/06)
Drift Method Alignment Tutorial (04/27/06)
Another Polar Alignment Procedure (07/18/05)
Tip on Using a Magnetic Compass (04/18/05)
Polar Alignment Tip, ETX-70AT Finderscope Thoughts (01/19/03)
Precise Portable Polar Alignment (Kochab's Clock) (01/12/02)
Polar Aligning Near the Equator (03/03/01)
Alignment/High Precision/Star Charts (01/29/01)
Polar Aligning Techniques (07/29/99)

Telescope Performance

Eyepiece and Apparent Brightness Spreadsheets (12/06/11)
Calculating Eyepiece FOV (03/15/04)
Telescope Balancing (02/16/03)
Cold Weather Performance (01/31/03)
Magnification (02/10/01)
Resolving Power (02/10/01)
Seeing Conditions and Transparency (09/30/07)
Star Testing Your Telescope (02/5/01)
Limiting Magnitude Charts (02/5/01)
What to Expect from Your Small Telescope? (01/01/01)

Constellation Guides

Kudlowski's Complete Guide to the Constellations (09/13/05)
Orion (Part 3) (12/13/01)
Orion (Part 2) (12/02/01)
Orion (Part 1) (11/25/01)
Lepus (11/01/01)
Eridanus (10/21/01)
Taurus (10/13/01)
Perseus (10/06/01)
Auriga (09/26/01)
Camelopardalis (09/19/01)
Cassiopeia (09/08/01)
Cetus (08/10/01)
Aries (08/04/01)
Triangulum (07/15/01)
Andromeda (07/12/01)
Pisces (07/03/01)
Lacerta (06/30/01)
Pegasus (06/25/01)
Aquarius (06/20/01)
Capricorn (06/17/01)
Sagitta and Vulpecula (06/11/01)
Delphinus (06/07/01)
Libra (06/03/01)
Virgo (05/31/01)
Coma Berenices (05/29/01)
Sagittarius (05/26/01)
Aquila (05/19/01)
Cygnus (05/13/01)
Scorpius (05/10/01)
Lyra (05/08/01)
Draco (05/05/01)
Hercules (04/30/01)
Ophiuchus (04/28/01)
Bootes (04/25/01)
Leo (04/22/01)
Ursa Major (04/22/01)

Miscellaneous

Satellite Tracking (06/30/11)
Observing Double Stars (05/08/11)
Asteroid Sorting Program from ASO (03/27/11)
Comet Tables from ASO (04/18/10)
Position Angle Scales (03/24/10)
Determining Sky Limiting Magnitude (04/30/09)
Observatory Temperature Control (02/09/09)
Brian King's NGC objects list (MS Word) (01/15/04)
High Temperature Warning (08/07/01)
Eyepiece Selection Guide (04/13/01)
Using Setting Circles (03/25/01)
Astronomical Events in 2001 (03/25/01)
Getting Started in Astrophotography (03/15/01)
The Eye in Observational Astronomy (02/13/01)
ETX-90 and ETX-125 Field References (01/19/01)

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