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| July | August | September | October | November | December |
| December 2007 | ||
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| Date | Title | Author(s) |
| 31 | Short OR for short session - Coe 30 Dec 2007 | Matthew Marcus |
| 8P Tuttle on top of M33 | Mark Johnston | |
| 24 | Team Dioscuri and Celestial Sports.... | Mark Wagner |
| 21 | Mars, hot tub observing, and Saturn. A first light report. | Michelle Stone |
| 13 | A Winter's Day... | Mark Wagner |
| 11 | Monday, December 10, 2007 - A Whale of a time at Dinosaur Point | Albert Highe |
| 10 Dec 2007 Lake Sonoma | Carter Scholz | |
| Lake Sonoma 12/08/07 | Bill Cone | |
| 09 | Lake Sonoma Saturday 12/8/07 | Steve Gottlieb |
| Dino point 8 Dec 2007 | Mark Johnston | |
| Dinosaur point 12-8-07 | Greg LaFlamme | |
| Dino 12/7/09 | George Feliz | |
| Dino Pt. -- 1 Trilobite, 2 Comets, 4 Fleas | Bob Jardine | |
| 05 | Dinosaur Point, Saturday 1 December | Jamie Dillon |
| 04 | Monday, December 3, 2007 - Dinosaur Point | Albert Highe |
| 02 | Dino point 1Dec2007 - A productive and fun night. | Mark Johnston |
| 01 | Skunked | Richard Ozer |
| November 2007 | ||
| Date | Title | Author(s) |
| 28 | mini-OR Holmes and Mars | Jamie Dillon |
| 20 | 17P/Holmes close to Alpha Per | Alexander Avtanski |
| NASA & COE in November | Greg Claytor | |
| 19 | Moon, 11/18/2007: Fun with the fruits of the swap meet | Marek Cichanski |
| 18 | Big fun at Coe 11-17-07 | Greg LaFlamme |
| 17 | Lake Sonoma 11/13/07Lake Sonoma 11/13/07 | Bill Cone |
| 16 | Greg LaFlamme | |
| 15 | Steve Gottlieb | |
| 14 | Lake Sonoma last night | Bill Cone |
| 11 | Comet Holmes tonight | Alan Zaza |
| 10 | Short, but nice observation session tonight +new image | Vladimir Afanasiev |
| 09 | Putzin' and Postin' | Greg Claytor |
| 08 | MB Wed | George Feliz |
| Lake San Antonio, Screech! Boom! crunch & thud-Run for cover!!! | Greg LaFlamme | |
| Montebello Wed 7Nov07 Fog below for sweet skies above | Mark Johnston | |
| Dino Point 11/03/07 | Bill Cone | |
| 07 | Henry Coe - 7.3.07 | Greg Claytor |
| 06 | Dinosaur Point 3 November | Jamie Dillon |
| From the backyard | Pete Santangeli | |
| 04 | Dinosaur Point | Larry McGovern |
| Dino Point Gathering - Great Fun, Company, and Skies. | Mark Johnston | |
| yet another DIno OR 3 Nov 2007 | Matthew Marcus | |
| Dino, 11/3-4/2007: Annie Commands the Sky again | Marek Cichanski | |
| Chabot 11/3/07 | Bill Drelling | |
| "Dino-Nite!" | Mark Wagner | |
| Dinosaur Point, 4 November 2007 | Jay Reynolds Freeman | |
| 03 | First time at Lake Sonoma. | Greg LaFlamme |
| Comet night at Houge Park | Mark Wagner | |
| 01 | Some thoughts and speculations on Holmes | David Kingsley |
| Holmes From My Driveway | Greg Claytor | |
| Holmes - short OR and last sketch, I promise! | Alexander Avtanski | |
| October 2007 | ||
| 31 | 17p Holmes on Halloween | Bill Cone |
| 28 | Holmes from Moraga 10/28/07 | Bill Cone |
| Holmes symmetry, fans, and orbits | David Kingsley | |
| Holmes grows...Holmes grows... | Matthew Marcus | |
| Bill Drelling | ||
| 17p Holmes from Houge Park | Rob Hawley | |
| 17p holmes + sketches | Alexander Avtanski | |
| Holmes grows... | Jamie Dillon | |
| 27 | More fun with Holmes on Friday night. | David Kingsley |
| 26 | A quick look at Holmes | Alexander Avtanski |
| Holmes, holmes on the range | Jay Critchfield | |
| 25 | Holmes, holmes on the range | Heather Steingreubl |
| Pictures of Comet Holmes from yesterday and today. | Vladimir Afanasiev | |
| Holmes mag estimate at mag 3.1 11:30pm (just now) | Mark Johnston | |
| Rings and shells in Comet Holmes | David Kingsley | |
| Holmes | Mark Wagner | |
| Comet Holmes from home | Marek Cichanski | |
| More Comet Holmes 17/P | Rich Neuschaefer | |
| Alexander Avtanski | ||
| John Pierce | ||
| Comet brighter tonight than last | Michelle Stone | |
| Comet 17/P Holmes short comments | Various authors | |
| 17P/Holmes Oct 25 | Jamie Dillon | |
| Randy Muller | ||
| Comet Holmes | Jeff Gortatowski | |
| Holmes Comet in my backyard | Jay Critchfield | |
| Comet Holmes 17/P | David Kingsley | |
| Another comet Holmes report ... | Shane Raney | |
| Naked Eye Comet 17/P Holmes (2007) | Ralph | |
| More Comet Holmes 17/P | Mark Wagner | |
| 24 | Naked Eye Comet 17/P Holmes (2007) | Teri Smoot |
| Another comet Holmes report ... | Vince Dee | |
| Elementary, my dear Watson | Heather Steinbruebl | |
| More Comet 17/P Holmes | Matthew Marcus | |
| Comet 17/P Holmes | Christopher Hendrie | |
| Comet 17/P Holmes short comments | Various authors | |
| 23 | Wild Geese | Christopher Hendrie |
| 22 | Sebastopol, CA | Bob Waltenspeil |
| My first experience at Henry Coe Park | Vince Dee | |
| 21 | Sat 20 Oct 2007 Coe | Matthew Marcus |
| 10/20/2007: A nice public night at the Peak | Marek Cichanski | |
| Yet another CalStar 2007 | Mark Johnston | |
| 19 | and a further CalStar OR | Jamie Dillon |
| 18 | OR October 18, 2007 | Michelle Stone |
| 17 | One More Calstar | Heather Steingruebl |
| CalStar 2007 | Greg Claytor | |
| 15 | Shingletown, 10/13/07 | Teri Smoot |
| 14 | Shingletown, 10/13/07 | Shneor Sherman |
| NOT Calstar - Lake Sonoma 10/13/07 | Dave Staples | |
| CalStar | Bill Porte | |
| Henri Coe 10/13/07 | Pete Santangeli | |
| Fremont Peak 10/13/07 | Steve Gottlieb | |
| 13 | Stickman 2 | Greg Parker |
| 12 | Just got back from CalStar | Greg LaFlamme |
| 09 | The Bruce Peninsula is Dark, 2007-10-04 | Christopher Hendrie |
| 08 | Contemporary OR, Peak Saturday night | Jamie Dillon |
| Fremont Peak last Sat. | Lou Hlousek | |
| Quick OR | Alvin Huey | |
| Coyote 10/7/07 | George Feliz | |
| A "Quickie Observing Report" | Michelle Stone | |
| 07 | A Social Night At Coe | Greg Parker |
| First-time visitor to Coe 10/6/07 | Elizabeth Oppenheimer | |
| OR Sat 6 Oct 2007 | Matthew Marcus | |
| Venus at noon | Pentti Kanerva | |
| A Social Night At Coe | Mark Wagner | |
| 06 | Houge/Coe in ONE night! | Greg Claytor |
| Alone at Coe, for a while | Greg LaFlamme | |
| September 2007 | ||
| 26 | The moon in my neighborhood | Heather Steingruebl |
| 25 | A fortuitous Cascade | Greg Parker |
| 21 | Chris' Backyard | Greg Claytor |
| 20 | Cayucos, CA 9/13 & 9/15 | Shneor Sherman |
| Peak Saturday night | Jamie Dillon | |
| Willow Springs in the shadow of a 33" (9/15/07) | Steve Gottlieb | |
| 19 | High Sierra Star Party Sept 15 2007 | Christopher Kelly |
| 18 | Willow Springs Sept 15, 2007 | Mark Wagner |
| Great Seeing in Backyard | Lou Hlousek | |
| Mark Bracewell | ||
| High Sierra Star Party Sept 15 2007 | Mark Johnston | |
| 16 | FP 9-15-07 | Alan Zaza |
| Coyote Lake 2007-09-15, a mouse among truss lions | Christopher Hendrie | |
| 15 | Saturday night SW lot 8 Sept, mostly above the smoke | Jamie Dillon |
| 12 | Montebello #1, 20070911 | Christopher Hendrie |
| MB 9/11/07 Old Friends | George Feliz | |
| 11 | Lake Sonoma 9/10/07 (Monday night) | Steve Gottlieb |
| 9 | Lick concert night (MOS) Saturday | Jeff Crilly |
| Observing at Plettstone Sept 2007 | Mark Wagner | |
| Fremont Peak OR for Sat Sept 8, 2007 | Mark Johnston | |
| Quick Lake Sonoma OR | Matthew Marcus | |
| 8 | The Red* Planet visits Houge Park | Christopher Hendrie |
| 4 | Pinecrest OR | Greg Claytor |
| 3 | Sun/Mon 9-2/3-07 Backyard Newark | Dave Ittner |
| Coyote Lake 9/2, poor seeing but good friends | Christopher Hendrie | |
| 1 | A Compendium of Aurigid Observations | various TACos |
| August 2007 | ||
| 28 | A beginner's eclipse | Greg Parker |
| A mid-summer nights eclipse | Jeff Gortatowski | |
| Greg C's Eclipse | Greg Claytor | |
| Lunar eclipse | Carol Widger | |
| Lunar eclipse OR - early AM feeding with a bonus | Lance Boehm | |
| 8/28 lunar eclipse at Chabot | Stacy McDermott | |
| Michael Swartz | ||
| Couldn't wait | Matthew Marcus | |
| Eclipse OR | Bill Drelling | |
| Quite a few people at Houge Park for the eclipse | Rich Neuschaefer | |
| 26 | Daytime Meteor at Sequoia National Park | David Cooper |
| 25 | Coyote 18 August, Bruno's Galaxy | Jamie Dillon |
| 24 | Aug. 11-12, 07 Lassen Park | Glenn Talbert |
| 22 | OSP 2007 | Tony Franco |
| Coe - 11 August - In Memory Of ... | Mark Bracewell | |
| Solar activity??? | Jeff Gortatowski | |
| Saturday night 11 August, Peak | Jamie Dillon | |
| 21 | Central Oregon 8/9, 8/11 & Willow Springs, 8/18/07 | Bill Cone |
| 19 | ISS and Shuttle pass | Alexander Avtanski |
| Pete Santangeli | ||
| 16 | Wednesday night surprises | Jamie Dillon |
| 15 | A Surprise in the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud | Steve Gottlieb |
| Another fantastic time at Plettstone | Carter Scholz | |
| 14 | Another fantastic time at Plettstone | Greg LaFlamme |
| 13 | The DARC Observatory 8/11/07 | Steve Gottlieb |
| Crascent Valley, 8/11/07 | Shneor Sherman | |
| Perseid Bolide | William K. Foster | |
| My "Bill Gannon" Observing Report | Richard Navarrete | |
| 8/12/07, Fairfield School Davis | Matt Tarlach | |
| La Honda Perseid OR | James Adams | |
| My "Joe Friday" Observing Report | Mark Wagner | |
| 12 | 8/11/07 - Sublime Sand Harbor | Matt Tarlach |
| 5 | Montebello, Focusers and Tacos | Greg Claytor |
| 4 | How To Feel Letdown on a Good Night | Mark Wagner |
| 1 | Backyard OR - Nu Scorpii | Jeff Gortatowski |
| July 2007 | ||
| Date | Title | Author(s) |
| 31 | Backyard OR - Nu Scorpii | Mark Bracewell |
| 30 | NSP 2007 The Best Ever...... NOT!!!! | Tony Franco |
| 28 | GSSP and Sierra Buttes 2007 (Planetaries) | Glenn Talbert |
| 27 | Loitering in M24 | Jane Smith |
| 25 | Coyote Lake 2007.07.21 | Rob Jaworski |
| OR 3: GSSP and Sierra Buttes (Globs) | Steve Gottlieb | |
| 24 | Sierra Buttes 2007 (Two southern HII complexes) | Steve Gottlieb |
| 23 | VZ13 and M3, 22 Jul 07 | Bill Parkhurst |
| Comet VZ13 / M3 conjunction | Renato del Rosario | |
| Fun in Ophiuchus and mini-M57 | Mark Johnston | |
| The comet VZ13 meets M3 | Stacy McDermott | |
| 22 | Coyote Lake: Observing report. | Greg LaFlamme |
| Steady seeing conditions at Bumpass! | Steve Gottlieb | |
| Comet VZ13 / M3 conjunction | Dennis Beckley | |
| Palomar 11 | Carter Scholz | |
| 21 | OR 1: GSSP and Sierra Buttes 2007 (Planetaries) | Steve Gottlieb |
| 20 | GSSP - Lassen Peak parking lot (2/3) | Alvin Huey |
| Nu Scorpii | Jeff Gortatowsky | |
| 19 | GSSP - Lassen Peak parking lot (1/3) | Alvin Huey |
| Monte Bello, 14 Jul 07 | Bill Parkwright | |
| Small Ap OR | Carol Widger | |
| Coyote, 12 July 2007 | Carter Scholz | |
| Comet VZ13 | Remato del Rosario | |
| Taking the boys to Lassen | Jamie Dillon | |
| 18 | Fremont Peak 14 July 2007 | Sean McCauliff |
| Pictures! And a brief OR GSSP 07 | Sarah Jones | |
| GSSP 2007 - Where The Myth Began | Mark Wagner | |
| Mt. Lassen, 7/11-7/14 | Bill Cone | |
| 17 | Nu Scorpii | Bob Jardine |
| My SSP 2007 observing report | Andew Pierce | |
| Comet VZ13 | Darrell Lee | |
| 16 | GSSP 7/11/07-7/14/07 | Rob Enns |
| Jupiter From Lassen | Richard Navarrete | |
| Richard Ozer | ||
| Comet VZ13 | Greg LaFamme | |
| Mark Wagner | ||
| Michelle Stone | ||
| Rob Hawley | ||
| 15 | Another GSSP O.R. | Greg LaFlamme |
| GSSP | Richard Navarrete | |
| 13 | My SSP 2007 Report | Darrell Lee |
| 11 | GSSP Observing Report (7/11/2007-7/14/2007) | David Cooper |
| 7 | Peak Last Saturday | Jamie Dillon |
| 6 | Comet VZ13 | Dennis Beckley |
| 3 | Its Summer Again! | Jeff Gortatowsky |
| 1 | Venus and Saturn putting on a nice show | Jeff Gortatowsky |
| William Schultz | ||
| June 2007 | ||
| Date | Title | Author(s) |
| 29 | Dark place to see Moon Venus and Saturn | Karen Aziz |
| 22 | Houge Park | Mark Wagner |
| 20 | Last Morning Observing in Oz - 6/20/07 | Shneor Sherman |
| 19 | ISS and Space Shuttle flyover | Randy Muller |
| 18 | Mid-day Venus sighting! | Bob Czerwinski |
| 17 | Fremont Peak 6/17/07 | Rob Enns |
| 16 | Serious fun at Plettstone, 16 June | Jamie Dillon |
| 14 | Making Lemonade at Michelle's... | Mark Wagner |
| 12 | Observing at Magell6/12-13/07 | Shneor Sherman |
| 11 | More Observing in Oz... | Shneor Sherman |
| 9 | Rancho Seco Park | Dax Castro |
| Observing At Magellan, NSW, Australia | Shneor Sherman | |
| Using O-III filter on Jupiter (no, not it's ghost) | Mark Johnston | |
| Peak last night | Jamie Dillon | |
| Nice Night At Lick | Rich Neuschaefer | |
| Surprisingly great night | Richard Ozer | |
| Coe, you were wonderful last night! | Greg LaFlamme | |
| Amazing night at Coe | Mark Johnston | |
| OR: Coyote 6/9/07 | Rob Hawley | |
| 8 | Omega Centauri From Montebello Last Night | Mark Johnston |
| May 2007 | ||
| 19 | Plettstone, 5/19/07 | Bill Cone |
| Saturday night 19 May SW lot | Jamie Dillon | |
| 17 | 5/17-18/2007: Spelunking for Galaxies, the Heroic Hop, and more | Marek Cichanski |
| 12 | Fractional OR: 5/12/07 | Shneor Sherman |
| Short IHOP on 5/12/07 and Lake Sonoma on 5/14/07 | Steve Gottlieb | |
| Short OR from 5/12/07: Ice House Observation Plateau (IHOP4) | Steve Gottlieb | |
| Coe, Coe, Coe! | Rich Neuschaefer | |
| Coe, Coe, Coe! | Richard Navarrete | |
| Coe was a winner! | Mark Wagner | |
| OR from inside a cloud | Rob Hawley | |
| 10 | Peak, 5/10-11/2007: Coma-B, Cor-Bor, and Beyond | Marek Cichanski |
| 8 | Montebello Tuesday 5/8/2007 | Chris Li |
| 6 | Short OR for MB / 41 Panoptic sale.. | Greg LaFlamme |
| MB, Sun 5/6/2007 | Marek Cichanski | |
| April 2007 | ||
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| Montebello 4/18 | Pentti Kanerva |
| Montebello 4/18 | Rob Hawley | |
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| Coyote April 15 | Rob Hawley |
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| Island of Moorea in French Polynesia | David Kingsley |
| Lake Sonoma on Saturday 4/14/07 | Darrell Lee | |
| Star Hill Inn 4/14/07 | Steve Gottlieb | |
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| Moorea, April 12 to 20, 2007 | David Kingsley |
| Montebello Just ok and mabe a bit better than expected (less wind) | Mark Johnston | |
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| Great Springtime Observing From Coyote Lake Park Last Night, 4-9-07. | Peter Natscher |
| March 2007 | ||
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| 2006 VV2 Found it. | Mark Johnston |
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| Ohh Saturn's moons,,, | Greg LaFlamme |
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| Short Messier Marathon Observing Report | Mark Buxbaum |
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| Sun 3/18/2007: MBMMM | Marek Cichanski |
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| Winds in the Willow 3/17/07 | Bill Cone |
| Willow Springs 3/17 (Sat) | Bob Jardine | |
| Galaxies in Columba | Jamie Dillon | |
| Return to Fremont Peak (I musta been drunk)... | Mark Wagner | |
| 3-17 at Fremont Peak | Denis Lefebvre | |
| Fremont Peak on St Patty's day/night | Mark Johnston | |
| About Coe last night ;-) | Greg LaFlamme | |
| Coyote Lake - 17 Mar 2007 | Rob Jaworski | |
| 2006 VV2 Found it. | Rob Hawley | |
| Coe on St Patrick's day (brief) | Jay Reynolds Freeman | |
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| 03/16/07 Lake San Antonio (no MM) | Géza Kurczveil |
| Brief OR from Coe (Fri) | Rich Neuschaefer | |
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| MB, 3/15/2007: Dialing 'em in | Marek Cichanski |
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| Lake Sonoma Sunday night 3/11/07 | Steve Gottlieb |
| Henry Coe 3/11/07 | Rob Enns | |
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| What a crew at Coe | Jamie Dillon |
| Bon Appetit! | Mark Wagner | |
| Consolation prize | David Kingsley | |
| February 2007 | ||
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| Quick Moon OR, 2/28/2007 | Marek Cichanski |
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| IHOP-4 2/17/07 | Alvin Huey |
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| Coe was good enough last night for the desparate | Mark Johnston |
| Lake Sonoma 2/16/07 | Steve Gottlieb | |
| Lake Sonoma 2/16/07 | Bill Cone | |
| OR from Coyote Lake | Rich Neuschaefer | |
| January 2007 | ||
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| OR Toro Park 20 January | Jamie Dillon |
| Coe for Sat 1/20 ... good company ... bit windy with not-so-hot seeing | Mark Johnston | |
| OR: LSA 01/20/07 | Géza Kurczveil | |
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| Comets at high noon! | John Alfonso |
| OR: Coe 1/14 | Rob Hawley | |
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| OR: Lake Sonoma on Saturday 1/13/07 | Steve Gottlieb |
| OR: Lake Sonoma 1/13/07 | Bill Cone | |
| OR Fremont Peak 1/13 (Sat) | Bob Jardine | |
| Comet McNaught in daylight again ... | Jay Reynolds Freeman | |
| Another McNaught daylight observation ... | Jeff Crilly | |
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| McNaught second time on Saturday evening | Jamie Dillon |
| Finally saw McNaught | Paul Sterngold | |
| McNaught from Emeryville: Snow and the cheap binos | Bill Cone | |
| More McNaught, more snow | Marek Cichanski | |
| McNaught & snow blindness | Jim Feldhouse | |
| Daytime Mc-Not Easy In Binos | Mark Wagner | |
| Nuttiest Bay Area observing experience EVER: Comet, blue sky, and snow | Marek Cichanski | |
| Daylight McNaught and danger | Leonard Tramiel | |
| Comet McNaught from Windy Hill | Bob Jardine | |
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| Comet McYes! | Dennis Beckley |
| 3 nights of comet viewing | Bill Cone | |
| McNaught from Santa Clara and San Jose | Alexander Avtanski | |
| Comet McNaugt from Skyline and Hwy 92 | Albert Highe | |
| Comet McNaught from Menlo Park, 1/11/07 | Pentti Kanerva | |
| Comet McNaught from Santa Clara | Kevin Schuerman | |
| McNaught from Fremont | Darren Hutchinson | |
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| McNaught from Benicia | Darrell Lee |
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| Brightening comet, by camera and eye | Greg LaFlamme |
| Montebello 1/9/07 | George Feliz | |
| Comet McNaught from the Berkeley Hills, 1/09/07 | Bill Cone | |
| McNaught from Santa Clara | Alexander Avtanski | |
| McNaught Report : 01/09/07 | Tony Franco | |
| Montebello, Monday Jan 9 -- warm, breezy, with winter albireo and Harry Potter | Dan Wright | |
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| McNaught from Coe | Steve Winston |
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| 7 | Comet Hunters at Santa Cruz | James Turley |
| Carpe noctem and bird in the hand observing | David Kingsley | |
| Yes from Santa Cruz | David Kingsley | |
| Comet McNaught From Pacific Grove, CA | Peter Natscher | |
| NcNaught Nailed | James Adams | |
| Comet McNaught observed | Ray Cash | |
| 6 | Comet McNaught from Carmel Beach | Diane D'Urso |
| 1 | Social observing on Skyline 1/1/07 | Pentti Kanerva |