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• Subjects Date Time Number Image Aurora 2026-04-02 20:55:00 210 • Aurora 2026-03-14 22:45:00 149 • Lunar Eclipse 2026-03-03 23:30:00 148 • Possible Aurora 2025-10-01 21:30:00 150 Partial Solar Eclipse 2025-09-22 07:00:00 147 • Nova V572 Vel 2025-07-01 18:22:00 145 • Nova V0462 Lup 2025-06-23 22:58:00 144 • Aurora from Nelson 2025-06-01 22:25:00 143 • Lunar Eclipse 2025-03-14 21:18:00 142 • Comet C/2024 G3 2025-01-28 04:46:26 141 • Comet C/2024 G3 2025-01-21 22:25:34 140 • Aurora 2024-10-11 21:55:00 139 • Aurora 2024-05-11 19:30:00 138 • Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) 2023-02-11 22:00:00 137 • Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) 2023-02-10 23:00:00 136 • Lunar Eclipse 2022-11-08 22:41:12 135 Planets 2022-05-25 07:30:00 134 Planets 2022-03-28 07:20:00 133 C2021 A1 Leonard 2022-01-01 23:14:00 132 Aurora 2021-11-06 21:50:00 131 Conjunction 2020-12-27 22:28:00 130 Conjunction 2020-12-22 22:00:00 129 Pre-Conjuction Photos 2020-12-15 22:00:00 128 StarLink Satellites 2020-05-19 18:52:00 127 Starlink Satellites 2020-05-19 18:52:00 176 Occultation of Saturn 2019-11-02 20:45:00 122 • Aurora 2019-01-06 22:00:00 123 Aurora 2019-01-06 22:00:00 167 Aurora 2019-01-06 22:00:00 175 Comet 46P/Wirtanen 2018-12-17 22:00:00 124 Aurora 2018-08-26 21:45:00 125 Venus, Jupiter, Mars 2018-08-25 21:00:00 174 Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars 2018-07-07 20:00:00 126 Photos of Planets 2016-10-05 21:09:00 106 Pluto Photo Attempt 2016-07-06 23:00:00 105 Photos of Sagittarius Region 2016-07-05 23:00:00 104 Comet Pannstars 2016-07-01 22:42:00 103 Comet Panstarrs 2016-06-29 21:20:00 102 Mars 2016-06-13 22:20:00 101 Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter 2015-07-01 17:43:00 100 Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter 2015-06-30 17:58:00 99 Comet Lovejoy 2015-01-18 22:30:00 98 Comet Lovejoy 2015-01-08 22:20:00 97 Comet Lovejoy 2015-01-08 22:00:00 96 Comet Finlay 2014-12-22 23:00:00 95 Lunar Eclipse 2014-10-08 20:45:00 94 Lunar Eclipse 2014-04-04 21:41:00 93 Aurora 2012-07-15 22:00:00 92 Transit of Venus 2012 2012-06-06 10:00:00 82 • Partial Solar Eclipse 2011-11-25 19:07:00 83 Aurora 2011-11-23 22:55:00 84 Aurroa 2011-10-08 05:30:00 85 Saturn 2011-06-16 20:30:00 86 Total Lunar Eclipse 2011-06-16 19:30:00 87 Moon and Saturn 2011-06-11 22:03:00 88 Uranus and Others 2010-09-28 22:15:00 89 Planetary Line-Up 2010-08-11 20:00:00 146 • Transit if Titan 2009-05-15 19:30:00 90 Comet Lulin 2009-03-04 22:15:00 91 Iridium Flare 2009-03-03 21:40:00 78 Comet Lulin 2009-03-02 21:40:00 79 Comet Lulin, M42, Tarantula 2009-02-27 22:10:00 80 M42, meteor, ISS 2009-02-14 22:50:00 81 Image Stacking 2008-04-28 21:05:00 77 • Saturn and Satellites, Moon, Sombrero 2008-04-13 21:45:00 1 • Saturn and Satellites 2008-04-12 22:15:00 2 • Objects in Orion, Canis Major area 2008-04-10 21:35:00 3 M42, 47 Tuc, Tarantula, and Saturn 2008-03-06 00:00:21 4 Partial solar eclipse 2008-02-07 16:08:00 5 Venus and Jupiter conjunction 2008-02-02 04:06:00 6 Trifid and Lagoon photo tests 2007-10-29 19:05:00 7 Jupiter and Moon 2007-10-25 20:50:00 8 Pleiades, M42, and Mars 2007-10-13 04:15:00 9 Alpine valley, Piton, Pico, Alps 2007-09-20 20:10:00 10 Moon 2007-09-19 17:05:00 11 M71, M27, M8, M17, M16, 47 Tuc, NGC2070 2007-09-12 20:35:00 12 Jupiter and NGC 3918 2007-09-07 19:15:00 13 Total Eclipse of Moon 2007-08-28 18:30:00 14 • Jupiter and Moon 2007-08-27 21:36:00 15 Jewelbox and Moon 2007-08-20 22:35:00 16 Moon and Jupiter 2007-08-18 22:15:00 17 NGC3532, NGC3114, NGC4755, Eta Car 2007-08-14 22:15:00 18 Deep Sky Objects with C8 2007-08-09 18:15:00 19 Occultation of Antares 2007-06-28 18:18:00 20 Saturn, Venus, and Omega Centauri 2007-06-27 19:30:00 21 Comet McNaught 2007-01-31 22:31:00 22 Comet McNaught 2007-01-28 22:30:00 23 Comet McNaught 2007-01-27 21:35:00 24 Comet McNaught 2007-01-24 22:30:00 25 • Comet McNaught 2007-01-23 21:57:00 26 • Comet McNaught 2007-01-22 21:20:00 27 • Comet McNaught photos 2007-01-18 20:30:00 28 Comet McNaught first seen 2007-01-15 20:45:00 29 Photography tests 2006-12-11 21:00:00 30 Transit of Mercury 2006-11-09 10:00:00 31 • Jupiter, Omega Cen, Sombrero, Scorpius 2006-06-01 22:00:00 32 Jupiter, Tarantula, Omega Cen, Jewelbox 2006-05-20 21:30:00 33 Video Moon, Jupiter, M42 2006-05-06 20:00:00 34 Astro videos 2006-05-06 20:00:00 107 Jupiter 2006-05-03 22:10:00 35 Telescope Alignment, Eta Carinae 2006-02-14 22:30:00 36 Comet Machholz 2004-12-27 23:15:00 37 Aurora 2004-11-10 22:12:00 38 • Sun in Hydrogen Alpha 2004-07-13 12:15:00 39 • Transit of Venus 2004-06-08 04:36:00 40 • Sky from Glen Helen 2004-06-06 22:00:00 41 Jupiter, Moon, Comet NEAT 2004-05-02 19:00:00 42 Comet NEAT 2004-05-01 20:30:00 43 Comet NEAT 2004-04-30 19:30:00 44 Comet NEAT 2004-04-29 19:30:00 45 Moon and Mars 2003-11-04 20:15:00 46 • Aurora 2003-10-29 20:51:00 47 Mars 2003-08-30 20:00:00 48 Mars 2003-08-08 23:30:00 49 Aurora 2003-06-18 20:31:00 50 Aurora 2003-06-17 20:28:00 51 Comet NEAT 2003-02-27 20:43:00 52 Comet NEAT 2003-02-25 20:50:00 53 Sunspots 2001-04-01 16:08:00 54 Aurora 2001-03-31 22:09:00 55 Aurora 2001-03-31 10:21:00 56 International Space Station 2001-03-20 21:23:00 57 Aurora 2001-03-20 20:21:00 58 Unidentified Flying Objects! 2001-03-19 20:47:25 59 Aurora 2000-10-04 22:33:00 60 Aurora 2000-08-12 10:55:00 61 Aurora 2000-08-11 00:36:00 62 Aurora 2000-07-29 22:58:00 63 Aurora 2000-07-28 23:13:00 64 Iridium Satellite 2000-01-28 23:57:00 65 Nova in Vela 1999-05-26 22:21:00 66 Nova in Vela 1999-05-23 08:52:00 67 • Jupiter Occultation 1998-12-26 11:40:00 68 Leonid Meteors 1998-11-17 16:00:00 69 Mir 1998-11-08 10:08:00 70 Mir 1998-09-12 18:58:00 71 Aurora 1998-09-07 10:19:00 72 Partial Solar Eclipse 1998-08-22 02:30:00 73 • Moon Halo 1998-07-05 07:20:00 74 M104, Lagoon, NGC3918, M12 1998-06-28 09:15:00 75 Comet 1998 J1 (SOHO) 1998-06-02 06:36:00 76 • Comet 1998 J1 (SOHO) 1998-05-30 07:02:00 108 Comet 1998 J1 (SOHO) 1998-05-24 00:00:06 109 Nebulae, Clusters, Galaxy 1998-03-25 00:00:21 110 Moon, Jupiter, Mars 1997-12-01 22:00:00 111 Jupiter, Venus, Mars 1997-10-16 22:00:00 112 Mars Venus Antares 1997-10-16 21:00:00 178 Io Eclipsed by Jupiter 1997-09-08 23:50:00 173 • Jupiter Mutual Event 1997-09-08 22:50:00 172 Partial Solar Eclipse 1997-09-02 11:40:00 171 Comet Hale-Bopp 1997-06-07 18:35:00 179 Comet Hale-Bopp 1997-05-28 18:38:00 180 Comet Hale-Bopp 1997-05-16 18:20:00 169 Comet Hale-Bopp 1997-05-14 18:30:00 170 Comet Hale-Bopp 1997-05-14 18:15:00 181 Comet Hale-Bopp 1997-05-12 18:20:00 165 • UFO (Gamma Cen?) 1997-02-13 00:00:10 182 Mir 1996-09-27 00:00:19 166 Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake 1996-05-13 00:00:06 164 Partial Solar Eclipse 1996-04-18 08:55:00 177 Jupiter Comet Levy Impact Site 1994-07-22 00:00:19 163 Jupiter and Saturn 1994-05-07 00:00:22 162 Aurora 1994-04-17 22:05:00 183 Lunar Eclipse 1993-06-04 00:00:22 161 • NGC4945 1992-04-29 19:45:00 185 Satellite 1992-01-29 22:04:00 187 NGC4833, NGC4372, NGC3918, NGC5281 1991-07-10 20:15:00 188 Comet Levy 1990-08-27 22:30:00 189 • Aurora 1990-03-30 00:00:21 160 M42 Omega Cen 1990-03-29 19:50:00 168 Aurora 1990-03-21 22:30:00 190 Partial Lunar Eclipse 1988-08-27 23:35:00 191 Mt John Observations 1988-08-17 23:00:00 113 Mt John Observations 1988-08-15 20:30:00 115 Mt John Photos 1988-08-15 00:00:22 159 Mt John Observations 1988-08-14 19:00:00 114 Group at Observatory 1988-06-14 19:25:00 192 Omega Cen Supernova, Comet Wilson 1987-06-03 02:00:00 184 Deep sky and Comet 1987d 1987-05-02 00:00:22 157 Supernovae Speech 1987-03-03 20:00:00 193 Supernova 1987A 1987-02-28 00:00:22 158 M42, M41, NGC2070 Photos 1986-11-20 21:30:00 186 Mercury Transit 1986-11-13 00:00:12 194 • M8, M22, M16, Kappa Cru Photos 1986-09-28 19:35:00 195 Comet Halley 1986-09-04 20:00:00 151 47Tuc, NGC2070 NGC4945 1986-08-30 20:00:00 196 M6, M7, M8, M20, 47 Tuc Photos 1986-08-27 19:30:00 197 M6, M7, M8 Photos 1986-08-26 19:30:00 198 Sunspots, Sun 1986-07-03 13:16:00 199 Occultation of Mars 1986-06-24 00:20:00 152 Moon Eclipse Photos 1986-04-24 20:10:00 200 Halleys Comet Photos 1986-03-21 02:50:00 201 Sunspots, Sun 1985-02-21 15:05:00 202 Sunspots, Sun 1984-12-05 16:25:00 203 Solar Eclipse 1984-11-16 11:23:00 204 Saturn Occultation 1984-03-20 22:12:00 205 M104 NGC4595 NGC5128 1984-02-06 00:00:19 153 Photos of Sco Sgr Cru Region. 1983-10-08 00:00:23 156 Aurora 1982-12-18 00:00:23 155 M65, M66 1982-11-04 18:30:00 206 Many Messier Objects 1982-09-09 23:00:00 207 Impressive Aurora 1982-04-25 19:15:00 121 Aurora and Deep Sky 1981-08-23 21:45:00 120 M15, 47Tuc, M27 1981-07-29 00:15:00 208 Sunspots, Sun 1981-03-22 15:20:00 209 Planets and Vesta 1981-03-05 00:00:22 154 General Observations 1981-02-28 19:55:00 119 Comet Bradfield 1980-01-27 00:23:00 118 Moon Eclipse 1979-06-09 22:30:00 117 Sunspot Counts 1979-03-09 15:00:00 116
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