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December 2005
DateTitleAuthor(s)
31 Menlo ParkPentti Kanerva
28 MB: A gamble pays offMarek Cichanski
One year intoPentti Kanerva
27 HawaiiMark Wagner
23 MB last nightBob Jardine
David Kingsley
Astrophysics and Atlases at Montebello David Kingsley
10 MoonMarek Cichanski
05 Montebello OSPBob Jardine
George Feliz
04 A bit of BubblyRichard Crisp
03 CoeRob Hawley
CoeSander Pool
Peeking and Perseus -- Lake SonomaRobert Leyland
Dinosaur PointJamie Dillon
Bob Jardine
SkylineMichael Linnolt
Horsehead in colorRichard Crisp
Fiddletown Last NightJane Smith
FiddletownSteve Gottlieb
Fiddletown Last NightRenato Del Rosario
LSASean McCauliff
Out near Palomar - Clear, cold, windy Jeff Gortatowsky
November 2005
26 Fremont Peak SaturdayRob Hawley
Lake Sonoma on Sat. nightSteve Gottlieb
CoeStacy Jo McDermott
Coe Saturday night, the juicy partsJamie Dillon
NGC2174 at 7.5 hours exposureRichard Crisp
Great Night for Faint Fuzzies in BunchesShneor Sherman
Ken Mason
23 Shakhbazian Groups - Beyond the HicksonsSteve Gottlieb
Wednesday Night IHOPShneor Sherman
21 IC410 in [SII], Halpha and [OIII]Richard Crisp
20 3-minute eggs? No, 1-hour SharplessRichard Crisp
It's all about persistenceSander Pool
19 Orion Nebula in [SII], Ha and [OIII]Richard Crisp
12 IC405, IC410, IC417, M38 in [SII], Ha and [OIII]Richard Crisp
07 IC 5146, NGC 7380, NGC 7023, M31 from SaratogaJim Solomon
05 Last night's shenagigansJamie Dillon
Fr. Peak -- Danae, Perseus, and MarsBob Jardine
Home: Stellar SpectraMarek Cichanski
MontereyPeter Natscher
"Tech Pan Like" Image of M31Richard Crisp
NGC253 w/Meade DSI ProBill Drelling
04 A little backyard imaging from last nightRichard Crisp
Very brief ORJake Burkart
October 2005
31 The whole Hoopla with OrionStacy Jo McDermott
MARS! Sunday night at ChabotMichael Swartz
Mars Dresses For The OccasionMark Wagner
Chris Anderson
30 Fireball Sunday 9:21 PM!Michael Linnolt
James Adams
Richard Ozer
Mars dust storm!Julius Szakacs
Taurids from MeheranaJamie Dillon
29 MB conditionsScott T. Mikusko
MB, Mars close approachMarek Cichanski
FP Mars 2005Jeff Crilly
another DSLR narrowband shot from Gerhard BachmayerRichard Crisp
No Joy; Outgunned at IHOPJames Ster
Jane Smith
Chris Anderson
Outgunned at Pedlar Hill, tooDarrell Lee
ChicoKevin Roberts
22 MB -- Mars and some other stuffBob Jardine
Mars From My BalconyBill Drelling
20 Mars and the MoonSean McCauliff
16 Spidery Moon in Time for HalloweenRob Jaworski
15 California Dreamin' under a full moon in the backyardRichard Crisp
10 New Image: NGC281 "Pac Man" Nebula in [SII], Ha and [OIII]Richard Crisp
08 MB - ( 4 m's and g )Michael Swartz
Lake SonomaMatthew Marcus
Lake Sonoma last nightSteve Gottlieb
EridanusJamie Dillon
My BackyardRob Jaworski
01 CalStar 6Jamie Dillon
September 2005
30 IHOPDarrell Lee
29 Calstar 2005: All Hail Dan WrightMarek Cichanski
A Really Amazing timePeter Santangeli
Last Calstar postPeter Santangeli
My first CalStarMichael Swartz
CalStar HighlightsMark Wagner
28 Crab Nebula Spectrum and imagesRichard Crisp
24 CoyoteRob Hawley
Saturday night at MontebelloMichael Swartz
Montebello OSPBob Jardine
Lake SonomaSteve Gottlieb
Fall Observing At Fremont Peak, SW Parking LotPeter Natscher
Jamie Dillon
Cocoon in Halpha and Sulfur IIRichard Crisp
Backyard/drivewaySander Pool
So.. How was Chipmunk Ridge?William Blakeslee
10 PeakJamie Dillon
Rob Hawley
MB: A remarkably good nightMarek Cichanski
Lick ObservatoryJeff Crilly
Rich Neuschaefer
Wild night at AngwinDarrell Lee
09 Lick ObservatoryWilliam K. Foster
08 X5 from SJCRobert A. Hess
06 Huge Loop ProminenceKevin Schuerman
05 Mars sketchMichael Portuesi
04 The Peak againMark Wagner
Richard Navarrete
First Batch of Images with Modified 350DJim Solomon
A really faint one: Sh2-129Richard Crisp
ShingletownShneor Sherman
Coonabarabran: Making the most of snakebit nightsMarek Cichanski
03 Great night on Fremont PeakRob Hawley
Jamie Dillon
Coyote Saturday 3 Sept. 2005 -- "Clan of Suns"Dan Wright
NGC7K and Pelican widefield in [SII], Ha and [OIII]Richard Crisp
Fiddletown SaturdayDarrell Lee
IHOP (Ice House Observation Plateau)Steve Gottlieb
Extragalactic planetaries and globularsSteve Gottlieb
IHOPAlvin Huey
More from IHOPAlvin Huey
02 Amador/Calaveras CountyRob Jaworski
Coonabarabran: Night(s) of the EmuMarek Cichanski
01 Spicer Meadow Reservoir CampgroundTony Franco
Coonabarabran: You Never Forget Your First TimeMarek Cichanski
August 2005
28 Oz, the first 44 hours: The setting of Polaris and the blazing zenithMarek Cichanski
27 Lake SonomaSteve Gottlieb
Coyote LakeGéza Kurczveil
Coyote: He cast his eye to the horizonJamie Dillon
New Image: IC1396 in Halpha wideangleRichard Crisp
IHOPAlvin Huey
Jane Smith
26 Houge ParkMark Wagner
14 MarsMarek Cichanski
12 Cat with a maneRichard Crisp
07 Shingletown (8/7) and Bumpass Hell (8/8)Darren Hutchinson
Yuba RiverJamie Dillon
06 Lake SonomaMatthew Marcus
Saturday AngwinDarrell Lee
Blue RidgeShneor Sherman
Blue CanyonAlvin Huey
IHOP2Tony Franco
05 Heart and Soul in Ha and [OIII]Richard Crisp
Firddletown last night and this morningDarrell Lee
03 MBGeorge Feliz
Pentti Kanerva
July 2005
31 Sierra ButtesSteve Gottlieb
30 M33 at Henry CoeIvor Barker
29 Houge Park, SJAA's new idea, and Telescope Loaner ProgramMark Wagner
Friday and Saturday nights @ Blue RidgeDarrell Lee
Friday night IHOPJake Burkart
27 My "discovery" of cluster Alessi 10Bob Jardine
3rd Q end of July, PeakJamie Dillon
16 Helix Nebula in Ha and [OIII]Richard Crisp
MarsAndrew Pierce
15 CCNP EventMatt Tarlach
14 Abell 2199, SH 2-27, IC 4592, NGC 5746, M104 from SaratogaJim Solomon
10 My Shingletown wrap-upMarek Cichanski
09 Lake SonomaMatthew Marcus
08 Anderson Mesa, Part 1Jamie Dillon
Anderson Mesa, Part 2Jamie Dillon
06 Shingletown, Night #1Marek Cichanski
Photos from SSP 2005Taylor Reid
Shingletown star partyDennis Beckley
Darrell Lee
Shingletown Weather ReportMichelle Stone
SSP 2005: Fun With Steve (without Steve)Mark Wagner
Shingletown '05Matt Tarlach
Shingletown 2005, what a blast!Rashad Al-Mansour
SSP & AL DoublesMark Bracewell
More Photos from SSPPeter McKone
Gottlieb's Wicked Adventures in Oz (VI)Steve Gottlieb
Gottlieb's Wicked Adventures in Oz (V)Steve Gottlieb
Gottlieb's Wicked Adventures in Oz (IV)Steve Gottlieb
Gottlieb's Wicked Adventures in Oz (III)Steve Gottlieb
05 Gottlieb's Wicked Adventure in Oz (II)Steve Gottlieb
Gottlieb's Wicked Adventure in Oz (I)Steve Gottlieb
03 Deep Impact visible!Michael Linnolt
Deep Impact ObservedRon Bissinger
Comet Temple 9P Fremont Peak ObservationPeter Natscher
Lake SonomaMatthew Marcus
Deep Impact animation from MontebelloPeter Santangeli
Deep ImpactShneor Sherman
Deep Impact from WhiskeytownMarek Cichanski
02 Comet Tempel 1Albert Highe
SW lot, mondo Milky WayJamie Dillon
Louisburg KansasJim Ster
01 Tempel 1 (9P), think seen itJulius Szakacs
Tempel 1 (9P) estimateMichael Linnolt
June 2005
29 MontebelloPeter McKone
28 A very short nightDennis Beckley
26 A little Southern AZ visual workMike J. Shade
25 Io transit - JupiterMark Bracewell
Fremont Peak - Good Fog FortuneMarek Cichanski
NGC6946 ImageRichard Crisp
24 Martha's Vineyard with binocsJamie Dillon
12 M8 w/ modified 300D + 8n Halpha filterJeff Crilly
11 Fremont PeakRichard Crisp
Amazing Lunar featureBob Jardine
Houge and CoyotePhil Chambers
Rashad Al-Mansour
Comet 9P (Deep Impact) at FoothillsMichael Linnolt
09 Jupiter double shadow transit tonightMark Bracewell
Albert Highe
07 NGC 5044, M3, M13, M57Jim Solomon
06 M##s, Arietid meteors, and other showersPentti Kanerva
04 Exceptionally bad seeing and chopper landingJürgen Wolf
Coe blows and worseMark Bracewell
Mark Wagner
Soft seeing at CoyoteRich Neuschaefer
Tempel 1Wei Cheng
FP Alan Zaza
Wind and bad seeing at the PeakBob Jardine
another OR FP, shortJamie Dillon
M16 in Ha+RGB from backyardRichard Crisp
IHOPSteve Gottlieb
Alvin Huey
Jane Smith
Bill Porte
02 M10 in the backyardRichard Crisp
Plettstone new moon conditions this past weekendMichelle Stone
Rashad Al-Mansour
Quick OR on PlettstoneRob Hawley
Tempel 1Albert Highe
May 2005
29 FP .... and another ngc7kJeff Crilly
Fremont Peak Sunday nightRob Hawley
Lake Sonoma Sunday nightSteve Gottlieb
Fiddletown Memorial Day WeekendMark Wagner
28 IHOP - Jake's recapJake Burkart
IHOPShneor Sherman
Icy night at Ice HouseRandy Muller
27 Lots of galaxies near M101Richard Crisp
Quickie RTMC reportMatt Tarlach
26 A quick look-see at the M8 Halpha data from Fremont Peak on Thurs NightRichard Crisp
First light reportMark Bracewell
24 Shadow transit nowAlan Zaza
Alexander Avtanski
23 Moon and AntaresSteve Gottlieb
Kevin Schuerman
Todd Klaus
21 Piling it upRichard Crisp
Fremont Peak SaturdayBill Drelling
20 Fremont PeakRichard Crisp
John Gleason
Friday May 20Richard Ozer
Bill Drelling
Rumker and WargentinMatt Tarlach
18 Latest batch of images from SaratogaJim Solomon
14 On Mt. TamalpiasRobert English
Fremont PeakRichard Crisp
11 Quick OR MontebelloRob Hawley
Fremont Peak Last NightPeter Natscher
06 TSP days 6 & 7Darrell Lee
05 M97 (Owl Nebula) and M108 from SaratogaJim Solomon
TSP Day 5Darrell Lee
04 TSP Day 4Darrell Lee
03 TSP 2005: Day 3Bill Drelling
02 To Coe SP And Then Back To MontereyPeter Natscher
Craig Colvin
Coe - a non-reportCraig Colvin
MBMarek Cichanski
WoodsideMichael Linnolt
TSP 2005 Day 2Bill Drelling
01 CoeSean McCauliff
TSP 2005 -- First NightBill Drelling
April 2005
30 Guerilla AstronomyAndrew Pierce
29 TSP 2005Bill Drelling
Darrell Lee
24 Penumbral EclipseMarek Cichanski
Notes from ChileRay Cash
20 Solar observingMichael Swartz
18 A Pile of Galaxy Shots from SaratogaJim Solomon
16 PachecoPhil Chambers
Michael Linnolt
Matthew Marcus
Rashad Al-Mansour
Jamie Dillon
Pacheco State Park public star party April 2005Dan Wright
Ron Britton
Nasa Exploration CenterLeonard Tramiel
Lynne Jolitz
15 Dark areas near BailyMatt Tarlach
13 Fremont Peak, Coulter Area Observing Last NightPeter Natscher
Emptying the Cup!Mark Wagner
12 Eskimo PiePeter Santangeli
10 Bedtime reading for bad weatherJohn Gleason
09 Fremont Peak: The Unbearable Wetness of BeingMarek Cichanski
Fremont Peak, Upgraded Coulter Area Observing - A Good Night Out!Peter Natscher
Fremont PeakSean McCauliff
Coulter Row Saturday nightJamie Dillon
Coe beats the oddsMark Wagner
CoeCraig Colvin
Coyote LakeRich Neuschaefer
Galaxies from Lake SonomaSteve Gottlieb
FiddletownMatt Tarlach
Darrell Lee
Alvin Huey
Shneor Sherman
Saturday night viewingRalph Aguirre
Dillingham airfieldMichael Linnolt
08 South Pacific EclipseRob Hawley
05 Good Seeing ToniteJeff Crilly
Rich Neuschaefer
Wildflowers from CoeMark Wagner
Monte BelloRon Britton
Del ValleCarter Scholz
Leo Trio: a quickie shot from last night's good seeingRichard Crisp
A word from DanUnderJohn Gleason
Brief Trip Report for April 5-12, 2005 - South AustraliaAlbert Highe
Brief Observing Trip Summary -- South Australia -- 2005 April 5-14Bob Jardine
Still more on AustraliaDavid Kingsley
The HomunculusAlbert Highe
And the keyholeDavid Kingsley
Bob Jardine
WoodsideMichael Linnolt
03 Carrizo Plain Selby CampgroundDarrell Lee
South PacificRob Hawley
02 Close encounter with the Bovine ClusterRichard Ozer
Coyote - not much real observing so lots of theorizingMatthew Marcus
01 Fireball 11:36 PDT, Eastern horizonJim Feldhouse
Houge ParkRich Neuschaefer
CanebrakeShneor Sherman
March 2005
31 Peak, DDK wraps ECLJamie Dillon
NGC 5746, featured galaxy of the weekJamie Dillon
NGC 2903 (Barred Spiral galaxy)Jim Solomon
30 A nice night at MontebelloMarek Cichanski
Pretty good conditions last night in Castro ValleyRichard Crisp
23 Good LibrationsMatt Tarlach
16 FremontKameshwar Eranki
15 Two new imagesRichard Crisp
FremontKameshwar Eranki
14 SunnyDazeMichael Swartz
NGC 2174 tonightPhilip Terzian
NGC 2392 (Eskimo Nebula)Jim Solomon
FremontKameshwar Eranki
Objects observed from ChileMark Wagner
Observing list from ChileRay Cash
13 FremontKameshwar Eranki
Drive by Observing in DavisMatt Tarlach
12 Fremont Peak: Teasing Skunk OutRob Enns
Fremon Peak Was A White-outPeter Natscher
Mt. DiabloRichard Ozer
Breezy at IHOPAlvin Huey
IHOPShneor Sherman
Steve Hanna
Abell Planetaries from Ice HouseAlvin Huey
And the winner... Plettstone! (kinda)Richard Navarrete
11 Friday Messier Marathon at Coe - Awesome!Marek Cichanski
Mark Bracewell
Just back from Coe - Don't go to CoyoteRob Hawley
Just back from the PeakDavid Kingsley
Single object last nightPhilip Terzian
Fremont PeakJohn Gleason
Mt. TamalpaisRobert English
Friday at Jackson School - Awesome!Jim Van Nuland
Friday Observation ReportKameshwar Eranki
10 PlettstoneCarter Scholz
A different observing report from the artichoke fieldsJamie Dillon
09 MontebelloPeter McKone
Cone/Foxfur region in Ha, [SII] and BlueRichard Crisp
07 Too much good stuff on a (semi) Black Cloud NightMarek Cichanski
05 Lake Sonoma - WTF?Matthew Marcus
How was it?Bob Jardine
Fremont PeakBob Jardine
Fremont Peak PinwheelPhilip Terzian
Fremont PeakAlan Zaza
Jamie Dillon
Coyote LakeAlexander Avtanski
Rob Enns
Wei Cheng
M1, M42, & Machholz from SaratogaJim Solomon
First Dew....er...um...I mean First Light... - FiddletownJames Ster
Swimming at FiddletownJane Smith
Darrell Lee
Renato Del Rosario
Fiddletown - Hard-core ReportShneor Sherman
Observing from the land dewed underMike Conley
Abell Planetaries from FiddletownAlvin Huey
Saturday Night ViewingRalph Aguirre
03 FremontKameshwar Eranki
Southern SkyMark Wagner
02 FremontKameshwar Eranki
February 2005
27 Late Night Driveway with BinocularsDan Wright
12 Mount Diablo SaturdayBill Drelling
Doubles from CupertinoBob Jardine
10 MontebelloBob Jardine
Rocklin CATony Franco
09 Funny experience last nightRichard Crisp
06 OaklandRichard Navarrete
05 Finally cleared up last nightRichard Crisp
Sat night viewing in the valleyRalph Aguirre
03 Observing 3 amateur discoveries from Lake SonomaSteve Gottlieb
PlettstoneRob Hawley
02 WoodsideMichael Linnolt
MontebelloMark Bracewell
01 WoodsideMichael Linnolt
M42 or NGC1977 Last NightChris
January 2005
31 Montebello SolitudeMarek Cichanski
New Image: IC443 in HalphaRichard Crisp
Backyard - "Seeing" and other fairy talesMark Bracewell
30 Coyote LakeMark Bracewell
Bob Jardine
M42 in a bit different lightRichard Crisp
29 MontebelloLance Boehm
FiddletownShneor Sherman
Jake Burkart
Cold, Clammy but Clear at FiddletownRandy Muller
A Planet, a Planetary, a Cluster, and OrientaleMichael Portuesi
Jane Houston Jones
La Luna and Ol' JoveKevin Schuerman
Pacifica: Double your pleasure double your funStacy Jo McDermott
More Saturday night viewingRalph Aguirre
28 Double Cluster and Machholz side by side tonightRalph Aguirre
21 Montebello: Moon, CookiesMark Bracewell
18 IC443, IC444, Cr89, M35, NGC2158 NGC2168 and Sh2-247Richard Crisp
17 Widefield IC405, IC410, IC417, M38 region in HalphaRichard Crisp
Heraclitus, Licetus, and CuvierDavid Kingsley
Saturn and her moonsPaul LeFevre
15 Comet Macholz, Fremont PeakJeff Crilly
14 SO CometDenis Lefebvre
Fun night at Houge ParkRich Neuschaefer
12 Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2)Peter Santangeli
MontebelloLance Boehm
Comet Machholz from near Houge ParkJim Van Nuland
SFAA Observers Blinded on Mt TamRobert English
Fremont Peak, Good Wintertime ObservingPeter Natscher
WoodsideMichael Linnolt
Macholz from the backyardPhil Chambers
Backyard in AlmadenCraig Colvin
Kevin Schuerman
Widefield images from backyard last nightRichard Crisp
Binocular observation of comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2)Randy Muller
11 Swan-band filter for Machholz?Mario Wolczko
Backyard splitting dewdropsMark Bracewell
Clear at last!Randy Muller
Dan Wright
William Blakeslee
Alvin Huey
SO CometJeff Gortatowsky
09 If it's not one thing, it's anotherMarek Cichanski
WoodsideMichael Linnolt
Funscope first lightMichael Swartz
Machholz from MontclairMark Wagner
FinallyDarrell Lahman
Comet MacholtzShneor Sherman
08 Machholz and cloudsWilliam G. Schultz
Macholz Bill Drelling
07 Rough nightPhilip Terzian
I did it!Dennis Beckley
04 The comet is visual!Rob Hawley
Backyard - Yep, clear out!Mark Bracewell
It is clear outside!Craig Colvin
How Sweet It IsMarek Cichanski
Comet MachholzStacy Jo McDermott
WoodsideMichael Linnolt
03 Backyard: Pagan chants workingMark Bracewell
WoodsideMichael Linnolt
01 Backyard -- making good on Machholz through Christmas binosWilliam G. Schultz