| December 2006
|
| Date
| Title
| Author(s)
|
| 18
| Conditions at the Peak Monday Night
| Bob Jardine
|
| Peter Natscher
|
| Last night at Lake Sonoma
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| In the backyard with the 18" on a cold night
| Bill Cone
|
| 03
| Four potentially newly discovered dark nebulae in ic1396 found on Sunday
| Richard Crisp
|
| 01
| Moon
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Melotte 15 in Halpha
| Richard Crisp
|
| November 2006
|
| 30
| IC410 from Dream Machine and Stinger 450
| Richard Crisp
|
| 27
| Done, Fin, Completed: Ship-it!
| Richard Crisp
|
| 25
| 82" @ McDonald Observatory, Nov 17/18, 2006
| Paul Alsing
|
| Splitting hairs in the backyard on a bonus night of poor seeing
| Richard Crisp
|
| 24
| Friday night, mostly skunked at Peak
| Jamie Dillon
|
| 23
| Anyone up for observing?
| Jess Delaney
|
| 21
| Giving Thanks in Tucson
| Renato Del Rosario
|
| 19
| In the observatory in San Diego
| Paul LeFevre
|
| 18
| Brief report from Coe
| Rob Hawley
|
| Sunset Pictures from Coe
| Sarah E. Jones
|
| Brief Observing Report From Fremont Peak-FPOA Area
| Peter Natscher
|
| Dinosaur Point and Fremont Peak last night
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Dino and the Peak - A moveable feast
| William Cone
|
| Willow Springs - Out In The Wilds
| Mark Wagner
|
| Willow Springs
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| First light pictures with MX7C
| Manoj Koushik
|
| 09
| Ha image of SH2-171, shot from Livermore
| Jim Ferreira
|
| 08
| Transit of Mercury Underway
| Bill Drelling
|
| Mike Delaney
|
| Darrell Lee
|
| Phil Chambers
|
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Transit at Montebello
| Lance Boehm
|
| Fun time at Houge with the Mercury Transit
| Rich Neuschaefer
|
| Mercury Transit in SJ
| Mark Brada
|
| Mercury transit from the Santa Clara civic center
| Michael Swartz
|
| Mercury Transit
| Paul Lefevre
|
| Mercury Transit
| Bob Jardine
|
| Mercury Transit
| Joe Huber
|
| 05
| First light report
| Teri Smoot
|
| October 2006
|
| 29
| Backyard 10/29/06 Mnt. View
| Jay Critchfield
|
| Willow Springs Ayers site 10/21/06
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| 26
| Observing Report 10/21/06 Fremont Peak
| Jay Critchfield
|
| 25
| Comet Swan
| Randy Muller
|
| Alexander Avtanski
|
| comet swan from Moraga
| Bill Cone
|
| Comet Swan
| Rich Neuschaefer
|
| 24
| seeing 9, visibility no show, game set & match to seeing
| Mark Bracewell
|
| Willow Springs 10/21/06
| Bill Cone
|
| 23
| Saturday night Peak, DDK breaks 1,000
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Coe. 21 Oct 2006
| Rob Jaworski
|
| Comet SWAN from Menlo Park
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| 22
| Ayers Rocks! Observing at Willow Springs Oct 21st
| Mark Wagner
|
| Coe Sat Night
| Alan Zaza
|
| Final week at Bryce Canyon
| Darrell Lee
|
| Coe Sat Oct 21 2006
| Lance Boehm
|
| 20
| Excellent conditions at Lake Sonoma last night!
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| 19
| Mini OR: Del Valle 10/18/06
| Bill Cone
|
| 17
| Alexander Avtanski
| Alexander Avtanski
|
| 15
| Peak last night
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Oz report, first night -- partly cloudy
| Bob Jardine
|
| Coe: Food, fun, and fog
| Bill Cone
|
| Pinnacles (short & sweet)
| Jim Bartolini
|
| Coe last night....
| Mark Wagner
|
| The Bay Area's Coe Fog
| Dan Wright
|
| A fun but short night at Coe
| Pete Santangeli
|
| 09
| Neptune and Triton
| Bill Cone
|
| 08
| Week 3 at Bryce.
| Darrell Lee
|
| September 2006
|
| 30
| Bryce after 2 weeks
| Darrell Lee
|
| CalStar 06
| Jay Critchfield
|
| 29
| Note on marine layer, and S&T atlas
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Calstar 2006 Experience Report
| Dan Wright
|
| 28
| Lake Sonoma - 9/25/06
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Montebello, 27 Sept. 2006
| Bob Jardine
|
| 27
| IHOP Saturday 8/26
| Jane Smith
|
| IHOP2 on 8/26-8/27
| Matt Tarlach
|
| Dan
|
| Calstar Aways Wins...
| Mark Wagner
|
|
| How many Herschels are there?! - Coe 23Sep and 26Aug
| Tony Hurtado
|
| 26
| solar viewing 9/26
| Michael Swartz
|
|
| CalStar - first foray away from the Messiers.
| Mark Bracewell
|
| 25
| 2006 CalStar
| Jane Smith
|
| mooching at CalStar
| Jamie Dillon
|
| 24
| CalStar
| Mark Bracewell
|
| Calstar 2006: Seeing stars in M31
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Saturday 23 Sep 2006 Lake Sonoma
| Matthew Marcus
|
| 21
| Quick MB OR
| Marek Cichanski
|
| 20
| TACO in Utah update
| Darrell Lee
|
| 19
| Solar Pillar
| Mark Wagner
|
| 17
| Sat 16 Sept 2006 Lake Sonoma
| Matthew Marcus
|
| TACO in Utah
| Darrell Lee
|
| Coe last night... brief report...
| Mark Wagner
|
| 14
| Sub-arc-minute seeing at Montebello
| Peter Mckone
|
|
10
| Just back from Monte Bello 9/9
| Michael Swartz
|
| 05
| AstroCamping Travelogue - Nevada, California, and Oregon
| Mark Buxbaum
|
| Crater Lake and Oregon Star Party 2006
| Bob Jardine
|
| 02
| Willow Springs 8/25
| Paul Molenberg
|
| Houge Park 9/1
| Mark Wagner
|
| August 2006
|
| 30
| Nevada near Crescent Valley
| Ken Mason
|
| Willow Spings, 25 Aug 06
| Bill Parkhurst
|
| Sydney, NSW, 8/16/2006: Down Under all over again
| Marek Cichanski
|
| 29
| Guide Dogs Rock!
| Mark Wagner
|
| Messier Driving Marathon 8/25-8/26
| Tony Franco
|
| Back from Australia -- with pictures
| Dan Wright
|
| 28
| Willow Springs, 26-27 Aug 2006
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Comet 177P/Bradford
| Mark Wagner
|
| Willow Springs
| Peter Natscher
|
| 27
| Willow Springs, August 26-27, 2006
| Peter Natscher
|
| Star-B-Que
| Richard Ozer
|
| Australia wrapup 2006
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Willow Springs. Wow!
| Darrell Lee
|
| 26
| Coe 19 August, surprise Hicksons
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Conditions at OSP last night
| Bob Jardine
|
| Splitting Sabik
| Paul Sterngold
|
| Willow Springs Last Night
| Peter Natscher
|
| 24
| Australia Thursday 24 August
| Dan Wright
|
| Coonabarabran, NSW, 8/23-24/2006: New Longest Entry - Eta Carinae
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Uranus' moons
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| 22
| Coonabarabran, NSW, 8/22-23/2006: Longest Log Entry Ever
| Marek Cichanski
|
| IHOP (8/19)
| Alvin Huey
|
| Where Stars Go To Die (8/19)
| Mark Wagner
|
| Palomars, was Where Stars Go ...
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Henry Coe 19 Aug 2006
| Sean McCauliff
|
| 21
| We're coming!!! The Castro Clan
| Alvin Huey
|
| IHOP - Sat to Sun
| Dax Castro
|
| Not quite an OR - more fun Down Under
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Australia Monday 21
| Dan Wright
|
| Rancho Canada del Oro 28Jul06
| Bill Parkhurst
|
| Coyote Saturday
| Rob Hawley
|
| 20
| Sat Aug 19 IHOP
| Darrell Lee
|
| Coonabarabran, NSW, 18-21, 2006: Be careful what you wish for!
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Observing conditions at Presentation Center
| Jim Van Nuland
|
| 14
| Naked Eye Sunspot
| Mark Wagner
|
| Coyote Lake 02Jul06
| Bill Parkhurst
|
| 13
| Sierra Buttes 7/23-7/27
| Bill Cone
|
| 12
| Sierra Buttes and Lassen 7/20 to 7/27 (Globulars)
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Sierra Buttes and Lassen 7/20 to 7/27 (Planetaries)
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Sierra Buttes and Lassen 7/20 to 7/27 (Part 1)
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| 09
| A brief OR
| Bill Drelling
|
| 06
| IHOP 29 July
| Jamie Dillon
|
| 05
| Licked
| Mark Wagner
|
| 04
| Henry Coe 29 July, 2006 - Better late than never
| Tony Hurtado
|
| July 2006
|
| 29
| IHOP 29 July
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Reflections from Coe; Now: Aquarius Galaxy Cluster NGC 6962
et al.
| Peter Natscher
|
| Reflections from Coe: Looking In The Mirror Again...
| Mark Wagner
|
| IHOP, 7/29/06
| Shneor Sherman
|
| Thanks to Shneor and Jim
| Paul Haeokman
|
| IHOP 7/29/06
| Alvin Huey
|
| Alvin Huey
|
| 28
| Naked eye fu from Catalina
| Jamie Dillon
|
| 27
| Montebello, Thursday 7/27/2006: Blown out
| Marek Cichanski
|
| 26
| Peak Wednesday Night
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Pickering's Triangle and Witch's Broom
| Richard Crisp
|
| Fr.Peak, 26 July (Weds) -- shorts and t-shirt
| Bob Jardine
|
| Nelms Star Party 2006
| Richard Navarrete
|
| 7-26, MBOSP, Cat's Paw and da Dawgs
| Jeff Crilly
|
| Nelms Star Party 2006
| Mark Wagner
|
| 7-26, MBOSP, Cat's Paw and da Dawgs
| Jerry Elmer
|
| Lassen Peak, 7 /22-23/ 2006
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Looking for 'faint' fuzzies
| Peter Natscher
|
| vdB142 / IC1396A in [SII], Halpha and [OIII]
| Richard Crisp
|
| 25
| Shingletown Observing Report (6/21/06-6/25/06)
| David Cooper
|
| 21
| From Willow Springs into Grus and Norma
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Belated Willow Springs OR (7-21-06)
| Sarah Jones
|
| 20
| Sierra Buttes and Lassen 7/20 to 7/27 (Globulars)
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Sierra Buttes and Lassen 7/20 to 7/27 (Planetaries)
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Sierra Buttes and Lassen 7/20 to 7/27 (Part I)
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| 15
| Davis, 7/15/06
| Shneor Sherman
|
| Star Queen conducts court from Castro Valley
| Richard Crisp
|
| Herbig Haro 555 in Halpha (in the Pelican Nebula)
| Richard Crisp
|
| 14
| M57 from Chabot
| Bill Drelling
|
| 8
| Backyard classical cassegrain action
| Richard Crisp
|
| 7
| ISS transit across the moon tonight in San Jose
| Mark Wagner
|
| Robert A. Hess
|
| 1
| Coyote Lake Star Party - 01 July 2006
| Rob Jaworski
|
| June 2006
|
| 30
| First OR 6/30 & 7/2 in the Sierras
| Jay Critchfield
|
| 28
| MB Wed 28 June 2006
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| 25
| 78 Globs over Shingletown
| Bob Jardine
|
| 24
| SSP image: M24
| Bill Drelling
|
| Widefield of M101
| Bill Drelling
|
| SSP Veil Image
| Bill Drelling
|
| Fremont Peak 24 June 2006
| Sean McCauliff
|
| 23
| M101 from SSP
| Darren Hutchinson
|
| 21
| MB
| Mark Bracewell
|
| 19
| Two Iridum flares, Coyote Lake, June 19th.
| Rich Neuschaefer
|
| 17
| Coyote Lake 17 June
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Lake Sonoma Sat 17 June 2006
| Matthew Marcus
|
| Satellite Last Night
| Alexander Avtanski
|
| Coyote Lake, 17 June 2006
| Bob Jardine
|
| Monte Bello Sat 17 June 2006
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| Lake Sonoma 6/17/06
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Lick Observatory - June 17th SVP night
| Rich Neuschaefer
|
| 16
| Four planets at dusk (was Three planets at dusk)
| Jeff Gortatowsky
|
| The Sun today...
| Jeff Crilly
|
| 15
| Three planets at dusk
| Andrew Pierce
|
| First Light ST80 w/ Homemade Solar Filter
| Ron Britton
|
| 14
| Lick Observatory June 14
| Mark Wagner
|
| 7
| Another Willow Springs OR
| Richard Navarrete
|
| 3
| Coyote Lake, 6/3/2006
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Fremont Peak June 3, 2006 (exploring the Milky Way in Halpha)
| Richard Crisp
|
| May 2006
|
| 31
| Nice evening at MB
| Sander Pool
|
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| 30
| A Good One At Montebello!
| Mark Wagner
|
| 29
| Coyote Monday
| Matthew Marcus
|
| 28
| Henry Coe S.P. Sunday Night
| Peter Natscher
|
| Fremont Peak Sunday Night
| John Gleason
|
| Brief report, driveway
| Sander Pool
|
| 27
| Diablo 5/27, Briones 5/28
| Bill Cone
|
| Willow Springs
| Mark Wagner
|
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Coe
| Mike Delaney
|
| IHOP
| Bill Porte
|
| Shneor Sherman
|
| 26
| IC1318 and Crescent Nebula in Halpha
| Richard Crisp
|
| 25
| RTMC 2006
| Jeff Gortatowsky
|
| 21
| Southern skies
| Darrell Lee
|
| 17
| MB: Binoviewers and Black Cloud Nights...
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Michael Swartz
|
| Social Observing at Coyote Lake
| Mark Wagner
|
| Coyote Lake
| Bob Jardine
|
| M81 from backyard (May 15)
| Richard Crisp
|
| 12
| Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| 09
| Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3
| Bob Jardine
|
| Comet 73P!
| Dennis Beckley
|
| A little backyard galaxy action
| Richard Crisp
|
| 07
| Comet 73 P Schwassmann Wachmann
| Dennis Beckley
|
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| 06
| Disappearing comet fragment
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| Why Messier made a list
| Andrew Pierce
|
| 01
| Brief Report Monday: MB
| Leonard Tramiel
|
| April 2006
|
| 30
| Coe: Brief Report
| Géza Kurczveil
|
| Sunday night lunacy
| Matt Tarlach
|
| 29
| Comet fragments C & B
| Rich Neuschaefer
|
| Coe
| Richard Navarrete
|
| Observing from Coe: A New Season
| Mark Wagner
|
| Comet 73P, Mount Tamalpais star party
| Michael Portuesi
|
| Image of Comet 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann
| Richard Crisp
|
| Another image from Saturday night on the Peak
| Richard Crisp
|
| "Downtown Virgo" from Fremont Peak
| Richard Crisp
|
| The Snake and Leo Triplet from FP
| Jeff Crilly
|
| Brief Report from Fremont Peak
| John Gleason
|
| Saturday night, Shallow Sky first
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Saturday night Peak, deepsky part
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Fremont Peak Saturday -- Geosynchronous
| Dan Wright
|
| The interesting NGC 4756 group
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Mt. Diablo
| Bill Cone
|
| Fiddletown
| Jim Ster
|
| 27
| MB
| George Feliz
|
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| Briones
| William Cone
|
| M106 from the backyard
| Richard Crisp
|
| 25
| Texas Star Party
| Dennis Beckley
|
| Bob Jardine
|
| 21
| San Lorenzo Park in King City
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Trip Report -- non-TSP, 2006 April 21-30
| Bob Jardine
|
| 19
| Coyote Lake
| Bob Jardine
|
| Monte Bello
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| Another M51 from the backyard
| Richard Crisp
|
| Last night backyard
| Jamie Dillon
|
| 18
| M51 from the backyard
| Richard Crisp
|
| Jeff Crilly
|
| 17
| MB
| Marek Cichanski
|
| First-time jitters
| Sarah E. Jones
|
| First image in months: test shot of M51
| Richard Crisp
|
| 13
| Recovered Memory
| Bob Jardine
|
| 06
| 2 AM!! WOO WOO Clear Skies
| Dax Castro
|
| 05
| Castro Valley backyard
| Richard Crisp
|
| 02
| Cabo San Lucas
| William Cone
|
| 01
| Heads Up for a Solar Moment
| Robert A. Hess
|
| The lunar messier marathon
| Jane Houston Jones
|
| March 2006
|
| 29
| Success at TSE 2006
| Rob Hawley
|
| TSE 2006 Turkey
| Kevin Schuerman
|
| Richard Ozer
|
| Solar Eclipse
| Bob Jardine
|
| Total Solar Eclipse, Al Saloom Egypt
| Richard Ozer
|
| 26
| MB: Oh God, I'm an imager now
| Marek Cichanski
|
| FP - 110 down 0 to go
| Rob Enns
|
| Coyote Lake last night
| Andrew Pierce
|
| Castro Valley
| Richard Crisp
|
| 25
| MB
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| Trip to the Peak Saturday night
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Whose afraid of Saturns Moons? :)
| Jeff Gortatowsky
|
| 24
| Weather at Coonabarabran
| John Gleason
|
| 18
| Montebello Ridge and first visual use of Stinger 450 cassegrain
| Richard Crisp
|
| Jay Critchfield
|
| Año Nuevo star party
| Rich Neuschaefer
|
| 17
| Another Image from the Astro-Balcony
| Bill Drelling
|
| 13
| Comet Pojmanski, Cupertino
| Bob Jardine
|
| Comet Pojmanski, Menlo Park
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| 11
| A real brief (but REAL) OR
| Jeff Gortatowsky
|
| 10
| Observing Report
| Carol Widger
|
| 07
| Comet Pojmanski from Rancho Cordova
| Ray Fox
|
| 06
| Mini semi OR
| Jamie Dillon
|
| 04
| Comet C/2006 Pojmanski
| Dennis Beckley
|
| Comet Pojmanski anyone?
| Ralph Aguirre
|
| February 2006
|
| 25
| Coe
| Matthew Marcus
|
| Dinosaur Point
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Dino Point
| Tony Hurtado
|
| 24
| Fri night @ Coyote
| Lance Boehm
|
| It Pays To Go
| Mark Wagner
|
| Richard Navarrete
|
| Rich Neuschaefer
|
| Coe
| Rob Jaworski
|
| Lake Sonoma
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| Pictures for a rainy day
| Rob Hawley
|
| IHOP (2)
| Shneor Sherman
|
| 23
| Coe
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Supernova SN2006X at Coyote Lake
| Bob Jardine
|
| Coyote Lake
| Bob Jardine
|
| Lake Sonoma
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| First trip into Virgo
| William Cone
|
| Plettstone
| Albert Highe
|
| 22
| Menlo Park
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| Kauai Observing report
| Andrew Pierce
|
| 20
| Elusive Green Flash Seen Over the Pacific
| Thomas Taylor
|
| Coyote Lake
| Sean McCauliff
|
| 19
| Mercury from SW lot tonight
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Sunday night in Moraga
| William Cone
|
| Castro Valley Sunday Night
| Richard Crisp
|
| 11
| A higher grade of Crab
| Richard Crisp
|
| 09
| What a hoot
| Richard Crisp
|
| Two Eyes ARE Better Than One!
| Mark Wagner
|
| 08
| Salinas last night
| Jamie Dillon
|
| 07
| Saturn
| Bill Drelling
|
| 05
| Planets, moons and clusters
| David Kingsley
|
| 04
| MB
| Marek Cichanski
|
| First Light report: Mark 1 Second Edition 45cm f/12.6 Classical Cassegrain
| Richard Crisp
|
| Binocular observation of Saturn and M44
| Randy Muller
|
| 03
| Recent ngc2244 (rosette) in Ha from the backyard
| Jeff Crilly
|
| January 2006
|
| 30
| A few objects from Costa Rica
| Steve Gottlieb
|
| 29
| Costa Rica
| Dennis Beckley
|
| 27
| Nice Saturn tonight
| Jeff Crilly
|
| 24
| Coyote Lake
| Bob Jardine
|
| Peter Natscher
|
| Blue Ridge
| Darrell Lee
|
| Front Yard
| Jake Burkart
|
| 23
| MB
| George Feliz
|
| Plettstone
| Albert Highe
|
| 21
| Surprise Saturn Observation
| Mark Wagner
|
| 20
| Dino Pt.
| Bob Jardine
|
| Dino
| Jamie Dillon
|
| Houge Park
| Mark Wagner
|
| 19
| MB
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Andrew Pierce
|
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| First light test of Mark I. 450mm f/12.6 cassegrain
| Richard Crisp
|
| 15
| Benicia Stardust re-entry
| Dennis Beckley
|
| Redding: Stardust re-entry
| Marek Cichanski
|
| Venus
| Pentti Kanerva
|
| 05
| Skyline
| Michael Linnolt
|
| 04
| Dinosaur Point
| Jamie Dillon
|
