Brian Rachford's observing reports
For now, I'm just putting up the reports that I posted to the
Usenet group sci.astro.amateur, but that pretty much covers
most things I did over the past 10 years. I've also listed
the primary focus (or foci) of the observing session, although
I may have been doing other stuff as well. I'm working on converting
all of the reports to a standardized HTML-based form.
The deep-sky observations before 2002 were with 7x50 binocs
and/or a 60mm refractor. I recommissioned an old good-quality
6" Newtonian in October 2002.
Here is a key to some of the
terms and descriptions I use in the reports.
- 15 March 1996 - Hyakutake
- 21 March 1996 - Hyakutake
- 23 March 1996 - Hyakutake
- 25 March 1996 - Hyakutake
- 9 April 1996 - Hyakutake
- 8,9,11 October 1996 - Comets, naked-eye, deep-sky
- 17 January 1997 - Deep-sky, Hale-Bopp
- 2,4,5 February 1997 - Naked-eye, clouds, Hale-Bopp
- 8 February 1997 - Naked-eye, Hale-Bopp, Omega Centauri
- 14 February 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 9 March 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 10 March 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 11 March 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 13 March 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 18 March 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 27 March 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 31 March 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 1 April 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 7 April 1997 - Hale-Bopp
- 1,2 October 1997 - Veil Nebula
- 18 November 2001 - Leonids
- 13 October 2002 - Deep-sky
- 7 November 2002 - Deep-sky, naked-eye, Saturn
- 12 November 2002 - Deep-sky
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