Amateur Observational Astronomy

Errata for the Uranometria 2000.0 Second Edition

• Chart 110 - Gamma Virginis is also known as 29 Virginis, not 9 Virginis.

Lunar Phenomena

Total Eclipse of January 31, 2018

• Partial Eclipse Nearing the Start of Totality
• Shortly after the Start of Totality
• Mid Total Eclipse
• Mid Total Eclipse - Close up
• Mid Total Eclipse - Tycho Rays
• Nearing the End of Totality - Through the Trees!
• For the Birds
• Sinking Partial Eclipse
• Setting Moon
• S&T

Planetary

• Jupiter by a Serious Amateur Astronomer

Solar Phenomena

Safely Observing the Sun

• NASA Eclipse Page
• Sky and Telescope - Observing the Sun

Total Solar Eclipse August 21, 2017

• S&T - Get Ready

Transit of Mercury May 2016

• Missed it !
• S&T Summary
• S&T Photo Gallery

Transit of Venus June 2012

• Projected
• Projected with Several Sunspots
• Projected Sinking Sun
• Projected Sinking Sun - Close up
• Projected Setting Sun
• S&T

Annular Solar Eclipse May 2012

• Projected
• Through the Clouds - Vaginated
• Through the Clouds
• Through the Clouds - Close up 1
• Through the Clouds - Close up 2
• S&T

Notes

Links

• Abrams Planetarium Night Sky Notes
• The Apollo Program
• The Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers
• Jack Horkheimer's Star Gazer
• International Dark-Sky Association
• Savvas Koushiappas Home page
• Light Pollution
• Meteor Showers by the American Meteor Society
• Project Nightflight
• Sky and Telescope - Sky at a Glance
• Telescope History
• 2MASS - The Two Micron All Sky Survey
• The Warner and Swasey Nassau Observing Station