16 March 2007
CNN has a story today saying that this winter has been the warmest on recorded history according to NOAA. They also say that NOAA is going to great pains to say that this is not the result of global warming which, is counter to policy for this administration.
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This is my personal observing log. In it I log my more notable observing experiences, or at least the experiences about which I made notes.
TOOLS
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References
- Angular Distances, Estimating
- Antoniadi Seeing Scale
- Astronomical Catalgos
- Astrophotography Exposure Guide
- Astronomy Library
- Atmospheric Exticntion
- Atmospheric Extinction 2
- Baldwin Lunar Crater Classification
- Barometer Indication of Weather Change
- Bode's Law
- Clear Sky Clock Accuracy
- Cloud Cover
- Cloud Cover part 2
- Conjunctions
- Crescent Moon Ovserving
- Date/Time Conversion (Excel)
- Grand Central star ceiling
- Hail Size
- Hurricane Category
- Ice Pellet Intensity
- Image Stabilization
- Lunar Crater Classification
- Lundar Diameter: Altitude vs Degerees Subtended Part 1
- Lundar Diameter: Altitude vs Degerees Subtended Part 2
- Lunar Diameter: Apogee vs Perigee
- Lunar Libration
- McIntosh Classification System
- Meteor Observing
- Moon: Crater Classification
- Moon Diameter Apogee vs Perigee
- Moon Diameter Horizon vs Transit
- Precipitation
- Probability of Precipitation
- Radiation Dating
- Rain Intensity
- Scientific Measurement
- Seeing Scale
- Shuttle Abort Maneuvers
- Shuttle Launch Sequence
- Snow: water content
- Star Color
- Star Color Comparison
- Star vs Sun
- Sun Altitude Estimation
- Sun: Astronomical vs Astrological location
- Sunspot Classification
- Titius-Bode Law
- Tornado Damage
- Transparency
- What Might It Be?
- Wind Chill
- Wind Speed
- ZHR
- ZHR Correction Factor
- KWO35 audio from Weather Underground
- Weather Radar Loop
- NOAA NYC 48-hour Forecast
- New England IR Satellite Loop
- Philadelphia Weather Radar Loop
- AccuWeather
- Weather.com
- Weather Underground
- Clear Sky Clock
- Mean Monthly Cloud Cover
- Central Park Weather History
- National Weather Service Glossary
- SpaceWeather
- Maps of Active Regions
- Worldwide Aurora Forecast
- Planetary Kp-index
- Space Weather Scales
- Graphical Aurora Forecast for North America
- Hourly STD DMSP/POLAR Auroral Activity Report
- Solstices/Equinoxes and Aphelion/Perihelion
- Inconstant Moon: The Moon at Perigee and Apogee
- Moon Phases Calculator
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- Solstices/Equinoxes and Aphelion/Perihelion
- Geologic History of the Moon
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- Consolidated Lunar Atlas
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- Lunar Map Catalog
- The Full Moon Atlas
- Heavens Above
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- SEDS Common Names for Seep Sky Objects
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- Weekly Information about Bright Comets
- NASA Space Calendar
- Regulus Astronomy Education podcast
- StarDate podcast
- Twelve Month Tour of the Messier Catalog
- SEDS Messier Index
- SEDS Constellation Index
- The Constellations
- Obsolete Constellations
- Historical Celestial Atlases on the Web
- Constellations Index
- Variable star calendar
- Earth and Moon Viewer
- Skywatcher's Pronunciation Guide
- The Astronomy Corner: Reference: Star Names
- Sierra College Astronomical Pronunciation Guide
- SPACE.com Astronomy Pronunciation Guide
- Astronomical Naming Conventions
- The New Comet Observation Home Page: Recent News and Observations
- Recent Comet Brightness Estimates
- Comet Chasing in [month]
- Asteroidal Occultation Predictions
- Asteroid Ephemerides and Orbital Elements
- Comet Ephemerides and Orbital Elements
- Major Meteor Showers in 2008
- ZHR
- Star Coordinates
- Birthday Stars
- Magnitude Calculator
- Sunrise/Sunset Calendar
- Astronomy Glossary
- Columbia University Observatory
- Guild of Manhattan Sidewalk Astronomers
- New York Sidewalk Astronomy
- New York Amateur Astronomers Association
Weather
Solar
Lunar
Satellites
Sky Charts and Calendars
Deep Sky Objects
Constellations
Comets, Asteroids and Meteors
Miscellaneous
Local Public Observing
Clubs
OTHER TEAM TotL BLOGS
- Top of the Lawn - Peter
- Kin's blog - coming soon
OBSERVING LOCATIONS
- BPO - Battery Park Observatory, The Battery, New York, NY
Lat: 40.70146563703462, Lon: -74.01554703712463
Elevation: 10' - CDLD - Chief Denis L Devlin Park, Olmstead Ave at the Cross Bronx Expressway and Ellis Ave, Bronx, NY
Lat.: 40° 49' 55.44"
Long.: -73° 51' 16.47"
Elevation: ~35' - CSP - Carl Schurz Park
East End Ave @ 86 Street, New York, NY
Lat: 40.774312
Long: -73.943326
Elevation: 33' - CT - Castle Hill Library
Castle Hill Ave @ Bruckner Expressway, Bronx, NY
Lat.: 40° 49' 36.01"
Long.: -73° 51' 00.09"
Elevation: ~40' - CU - Rutherfurd Observatory, Columbia University, Broadway @ 120 St, New York, NY
Lat: 40.80993588419792
Long: -73.9616346359253
Elevation: ~220' - HoS - NY Hall of Science, Corona Park, Corona, Queens, NY
Lat: 40.747307
Long: -73.851825
Elevation: 28' - MO - formerly MetOval - Metropolitan Oval (Aileen B Ryan Oval)
Metropolitan Ave and Unionport Rd, Bronx, NY
Lat: 40.838280
Long: -73.859874
Elevation: 55' - PKR - Parkchester Branch Regional Library, Westchester Ave @ Pugsley Ave, Bronx, NY
Lat.: 40° 50' 01.29"
Long.: -73° 51' 30.20'
Elevation: ~29' - PSC - Parkchester South Condominium oval
Unionport Road, Bronx, NY
Lat: 40.838280
Long: -73.859874
Elevation: 55' - SIBL - Science, Industry, and Business Library, Madison Ave @ 34 St, New York, NY
Lat: 40.74787876152078, Long: -73.98301720619202
Elevation: 62' - TotL - Top of the Lawn
The Great Lawn (north), Central Park at about 84 Street, New York, NY
Lat: 40.782500
Long: -73.965668
Elevation: 122' - TPO - Turtle Pond Observatory
Central Park at about 80 Street, New York, NY
Lat: 40.780075
Long: -73.968052
Elevation: 110' - TXM - Taylor Ave, Cross Bronx Expressway, & McGraw Ave, Bronx, NY
Lat: 40°50.056'
Long: -73°51.947'
Elevation: 29' - VP - Virginia Park
Wextchester Avenue @ White Plains Road, Bronx, NY
Lat: 40.83317257056078
Long: -73.8624358177185
Elevation: 29'
These are my most frequently used observing sites. For other sites exact locations are given in the individual posts.
CONSTELLATIONS
- And - Andromeda (Andromedae)
The Princess - Ant- Antila (Antliae)
The Air Pump - Apu- Apus (Apodis)
The Bird of Paradise - Aqr - Aquarius (Aquarii)
The Water Bearer - Aql - Aquila (Aquilae)
The Eagle - Ara - Ara (Arae)
Tha Altar - Ari - Aries (Arietis)
The Ram - Aur - Auriga (Aurigae)
The Charioteer - Boo - Bootes (Bootis)
The Herdsman - Cae - Caelum (Caeli)
The Chisel - Cam - Camelopardalis (Camelopardalis)
The Giraffe - Cnc - Cander (Cancri)
The Crab - CVn - Canes Venatici (Canum Venaticorum)
The Hunting Dogs - CMa - Canis Major (Canis Majoris)
The Great Dog - CMi - Canis Minot (Canis Minoris)
The Little Dog - Car - Capricornus (Capricorni)
The Sea Goat - Car - Carina (Carinae)
The Keel - Cas - Cassiopeoa (Cassiopeiae)
- Cen - Centaurus (Centauri)
The Centaur - Cep - Cepheus (Cephei)
The King - Cet - Cetus (Ceti)
The Whale - Cha - Chamaeleon (Chamaeleontis)
The Chameleon - Cir - Circinus (Circini)
Drawing Compass - Col - Columba (Columbae)
The Dove - Com - Coma Berenices (Comae Berenices)
The Berenices Hair - CrA - Corona Australis (Coronae Australis)
The Southern Crown - CrB - Corona Borealis (Coronae Borealis)
The Northern Crown - Crv - Corvus (Corvi)
The Raven - Crt - Crater (Crateris)
The Cup - Cru - Crux (Crusis)
The Southern Cross - Cyg - Cygnus (Cygni)
The Swan - Del - Delphinus (Delphini)
The Dolphin - Dor - Dorado (Doradus)
The Swordfish - Dra - Draco (Draconis)
The Dragon - Equ - Equuleus (Equulei)
The Little Horse - Eri - Eridanus (Eridani)
The River - For - Fornax (Fornacis)
The Furnace - Gem - Gemini (Gemenorum)
The Twins - Gru - Grus (Gruis)
The Crane - Her - Hercules (Herculis)
Hercules - Hor - Horologium (Horologii)
The Clock - Hya - Hydra (Hydrae)
The Sea Serpent - Hyi - Hydrus (Hydri)
The Water Snake - Ind - Indus (Indi)
The Indian - Lac - Lacerta (Lacertae)
The Lizard - Leo - Leo (Leonis)
The Lion - LMi - Leo Minor (Leonis Minoris)
The Little Lion - Lep - Lepus (Leporis)
The Hare - Lib - Libra (Librae)
The Scales - Lup - Lupsu (Lupi)
The Wolf - Lyn - Lynx (Lyncis)
The Lynx - Lyr - Lyra (Lyrae)
The Lyre - Men - Mensa (Mensae)
The Table Mountain - Mic - Microscopium (Microscopii)
The Microscope - Mon - Monoceros (Monocerotis)
The Unicorn - Mus - Musca (Muscae)
The Fly - Nor - Norma (Normae)
The Square - Oct - Octans (Octanis)
The Octant - Oph - Ophiuchus (Ophiuchi)
The Serpent-bearer - Ori - Orion (Orionis)
The Hunter - Pav - Pavo (Pavonis)
The Peacock - Peg - Pegasus (Pegasi)
The Winged Horse - Per - Perseus (Persei)
The Hero - Pho - Phoenix (Phoenicis)
The Phoenix - Pic - Pictor (Pictoris)
The Painter - Psc - Pisces (Piscium)
The Fish - PsA - Piscis Austrinus (Piscis Austrini)
The Southern Fish - Pup - Puppis (Puppis)
The Stern - Pyx - Pyxis (Pyxidis)
The Compass - Ret - Reticulum (Reticuli)
The Net - Sge - Sagitta (Sagittae)
The Arrow - Sgr - Sagittarius (Sagittarii)
The Archer - Sco - Scorpius (Scorpii)
The Scorpion - Scl - Sculptor (Sculptoris)
The Sculptor - Scu - Scutum (Scuti)
The Shield - Ser - Serpens (Serpentis)
The Snake
Caput - The Head of
Cauda -The Tail of - Sex - Sextans (Sextanis)
The Sextant - Tau - Taurus (Tauri)
The Bull (head - feet) - Tel - Telescopium (Telescopii)
The Telescope - Tri - Triangulum (Trianguli)
The Triangle - TrA - Triangulum Australe (Trianguli Australis)
Southern Triangle - Tuc - Tucana ( Tucanae)
The Toucan - UMa - Ursa Major (Ursae Majoris)
The Great Bear - UMi - Ursa Minor (Ursae Minoris)
The Little Bear - Vel - Vela (Velorum)
The Sail - Vir - Virgo (Virginis)
The Maiden - Vol - Volans (Volantis)
The Flying Fish - Vul - Vulpecula (Vulpeculae)
The Fox
Constellation Pronunciation Guide
MY ASTERISMS
- Big Zigzag (Boo)
- Cyclops (Tau)
- Cyclops (Tau)
- Dragonfly (Aur)
- Frog (Aur)
- Leaping Fingerling (Aur)
- Little Cassiopeia (Cep)
- α - alpha
- β - beta
- γ - gamma
- δ - delta
- ε - epsilon
- ζ - zeta
- η - eta
- θ - theta
- ι - iota
- κ - kappa
- λ - lambda
- μ - mu
- ν - nu
- ξ - xi
- ο - omicron
- π - pi
- ρ - rho
- σ - sigma
- τ - tau
- υ - upsilon
- φ - phi
- χ - chi
- ψ - psi
- ω - omega
January
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First photograph of the Moon - 1839
Isaac Asimov born - 1920 - 6
Aurora first photographed - 1892 - 7
Galileo discovers three moons of Jupiter - 1610 - 8
Steven Hawking born - 1942 - 11
Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter's moon Ganymede - 1610 - 12
Royal Astronomical Society founded - 1820 - 20
First solar powered flight - 1980 - 22
First person hit by space junk - 1997 - 27
Apollo 1 fire - 1967 - 28
Johannes Hevelius born - 1736
Space shuttle Challenger explosion - 1986 February
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Space shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry - 2002 - 2
First mail delivery by rocket - 1931 - 3
First soft Moon landing - 1966
First weather satellite - 1966 - 14
First geosynchronous satellite - 1963 - 15 Pluto discovered - 1930
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Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto - 1930 - 19
Nicholaus Copernicus born - 1473
Mir is launched - 1986 - 20
First US astronaut circles Earth - 1962 March
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Verna 3 is the first spacecraft to impact another planet - 1966 - 6
Biosphere 2 begins in Oracle, AZ - 1994 - 8
Kepler formulates Third Law of Planetary Motion - 1618
Largest stony meteorite impact on Earth - 1976 - 13
Uranus discovered - 1781
Percival Lowell born - 1855 - 14
Albert Einstein born - 1879 - 17
Vanguard 1, the oldest satellite still in orbit, was launched - 1958 - 18
Voskhod 2 is first orbiter with two-person crew and first space walk - 1965
48 killed in Soviet rocket launch explosion - 1980 - 20
Einstein published General Theory of Relativity - 1916 - 25
Christiaan Huygens discovered Saturn's moon Titan - 1655 April
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First solar photograph - 1845 - 3
Luna 10 becomes the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon - 1966 - 4
American Rocket Society founded - 1930 - 6
1st commercial communications satellite, Intelsat 1, launched - 1965 - 9
First powered, heavvier-than-air flight - 1890 - 12
Uri Gagarin is first man in space - 1961
Columbia is first space shuttle launch - 1981 - 13
Apollo 13 emergency - 1970 - 14
The word Telescope is first used - 1611 - 24
China launches 1st satellite, Mao 1 - 1970
Hubble Space Telescope launched - 1990 - 25
First solar battery - 1954
Hubble Space Telescope placed in orbit - 1990 - 28
Jan Oort born - 1900 May
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A Trip To The Moon is the First science fiction film - 1902 - 3
First US air passenger service - 1919
First nonstop transcontinental flight - 1932 - 5
First American in Space - - 6
Orson Wells born - 1915 - 14
Skylab launched - 1973 - 20
First light for Hubble Space Telescope - 1990 June
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Chech Republic is the first country to ban light pollution - 2002 - 3
First American space walk - 1965 - 8
Giovanni Cassini born - 1625 - 16
First woman in space - 1963 - 18
First US female astronaut - 1983 - 21
First non government supported suborbital space flight - 2004 - 22
Royal Greenwich Observatory founded - 1675 - 23
Soyuz 11 disaster - 1971 - 27
World velocity record - 1962 - 30
Tunguska Crater, Siberia, formed - 1908 July
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First powered, controlled, rigid-body flight - 1900 - 6
Isaac Newton published Principia Mathematica - 1687 - 10
Telstar is first private telecommunications satellite launches - 1962 - 11
Skylab 1 destroyed on re-entry over Western Australia - 1979 - 16
Apollo 11 carrying first men to land on the Moon is was launched - 1969 - 17
Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make first US/USSR linkup in space - 1975 - 18
first rocket with a nuclear warhead fired at Yucca Flat, NV - 1957 - 20
Apollo 11 makes First manned landing on the Moon - 1969
Vining 1 landed on Mars - 1976 August
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Discovery 1 returns the first satellite images of Earth - 1959 - 22
Ray Bradbury born - 1920
World altitude record set by Joseph A. Walker in X-15 (now surpassed by SpaceShipOne)- 1963 - 23
Alan Hale & Tom Bopp discover Comet Hale-Bopp - 1995 - 24
First turbojet-powered flight - 1939 September
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Marshall Space Center opened - 1960 - 14
Luna 2 becomes the first spacecraft to impact another celestial body - 1959
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H.G. Wells Born - 1866 - 23
Neptune discovered - 1846 - 24
First manned, powered and steered flight - 1852 - 27
Albert Einstein submits paper containing E=mC2 - 1905
Asteroid 2003 SQ222 made the closest approach to earth of any NEO - 2003 - 26
Mike Melville becomes first civilian astronaut in SpaceShipOne - 2004 October
- 1
NASA inaugurateed - 1958 - 2
J. Lippershey pattents the telescope - 1608
Hayden Planetarium opens - 1935 - 3
A German A-4 (V-2) is the first rocket to reach outer space - 1958 - 4
Sputnik becomes the first artificial satellite in Earth orbit - 1957
SpaceShipOne wins the Ansari X Prize and Brian Binnie sets new workd altitude record - 2004 - 7
Luna 3 takes the first pictures of the far side of the Moon - 1959 - 9
Discovery of Supernova 1604 (Kepler's Supernova) - 1604 - 10
Very Large Array telescope network commissioned - 1980 - 14
First supersonic flight - 1947 - 15
First Chinese taikanaut - 2003 November
- 7
Mars Global Surveyor launch – 1966 - 8
Edmund Haley born – 1656 - 13
James Clerk Maxwell born - 1831 - 20
Mars Rover Spirit lands – 2004 - 26
Launch of first French satellite, Asterix 1 – 1965 December
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Sputnick 6 launched with two dogs – 1960 - 2
SOHO launched – 1995 - 4
Gemini 7 launched – 1965 - 7
Gerard Kuiper born – 1905 - 11
Mars Rover Opportunity landed – 2004 - 19
Mercury 1 (unmanned) launched – 1960
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