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This a log of significant changes to the Observational Astronomy Web site.

2016 January 24: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Satellite Automatic Picture Transmission (APT)
2015 June 2: FUNcube-1 (AO-73) 2 Meter Satellite Telemetry presentation at SEA-PAC June 6, 2015
2015 January 7: Listening to the ISS & Satellites; ISS & Satellites on 2 Meters; FUNcube-1 AO-73 Satellite, Date: 20150104 1809UT
2014 September 30: Sun Spectrum Lhires III Micrometer Settings
2014 September 15: Index; Sun Spectrum 5150 to 5200 Angstroms
2014 August 16: Pine Mountain Observatory Summer Research Workshop July 27-31, 2014; Sunday; Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday; Thursday; Workshop Spectroscopy Links
2014 May 26: GNU Radio Index; Using the GNU Radio Live SDR Environment DVD; GNU Radio simple FM stations band Spectrum Analyzer
2014 May 19: Tektronix MDO4104-6 Spectrogram
2014 May 18: Sun Type III Burst Radio Emissions May 11, 2014, 2237 UT; Sun Type V Burst Radio Emissions May 10, 2014, 1753 UT; Sun Type III Burst Radio Emissions May 10, 2014, 1600 UT
2014 May 5: Itty Bitty Radio Telescope; Sun Type III Radio Burst at 28 MHz April 30, 2014, 2339 UT; Sun Type V Burst Radio Emissions February 8, 2014, 1852 UT; SID: Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance April 25, 2014, 0017 UT; Receivers for Radio Telescopes; Tektronix MDO4104-6 Signal Conditioning for Jupiter Radio Emissions; Tektronix MDO4104-6 Setup for Jupiter Radio Emissions
2014 February 5: Radio astronomy; Jupiter Radio Emissions January 31, 2014, 0715 UT; Sun Radio Emissions January 28, 2014, 1525 UT; Radio astronomy units conversion
2013 June 4: QSI 532ws-M1 CCD Camera, Celestron EdgeHD 925 and Astro-Physics 1200GTO German Equatorial Mount
2013 Feberuary 18: Imaging the Sky Conference 2013
2012 December 9: MacBook Pro for Astronomy
2012 October 28: Double Stars Links
2012 July 20: Pine Mountain Observatory Summer Research Workshop July 15-20, 2012; Spectroscopy Activities; Spectroscopy Team; Spectroscopy Equipment; Sky Charts; Spectroscopy Links
2012 June 6: Transit of Venus June 5, 2012
2012 May 21: Annular Solar Eclipse May 20, 2012
2012 April 3: Versatile Low Resolution Spectrograph on a C5 Part 1; Versatile Low Resolution Spectrograph on a C5 Part 2
2012 March 11: Versatile Low Resolution Spectrograph Bench Testing with F4T5D Light
2012 Feberuary 14: Imaging the Sky Conference on May 5-6, 2012
2011 November 12: Mt Palomar Telescope Tour taken 2011 October 22
2011 October 9: Screwdriver CD Spectroscope solar spectrum taken 2011 October 8
2011 October 1: Supernovae SN 2011fe taken 2011 September 29
2011 September 25: Supernovae SN 2011fe Spectrum taken 2011 September 23
2011 September 17: PHYS508 Night Sky Institute Spectroscopy Selecting the Best Vega Spectrum with RSpec; PHYS508 Night Sky Institute Spectroscopy Vega spectrum angstroms calibration with zero Order by RSpec; PHYS508 Night Sky Institute Spectroscopy Vega spectrum angstroms calibration without zero Order by RSpec
2011 August 31: PHYS508 Night Sky Institute Spectroscopy workshop; PHYS508 Night Sky Institute Spectroscopy equipment; PHYS508 Night Sky Institute Spectroscopy Vega Spectrum August 2, 2011 at 11:04 am PDT
2011 May 11: Introduction to Astrophotography Conference 2011
2011 May 1: Simple Sewing Needle Sun Spectroscope
2011 March 6: L200 Spectrograph Moon H-alpha Spectrum 2011-02-08; L200 Spectrograph Higher Orders Overlap Tests with F4T5D Light
2011 March 5: L200 Slit and Mirror Optical Alignment; L200 Bench Test with F4T5D Light
2011 February 13: OMSI Astrophotography Conference 2011
2011 February 6: Astronomical Ken Harrison Spectra L200 Spectrograph Bench Testing
2010 December 23: Eta Ursa Minoris Spectrum PMO Workshop 2010
2010 December 19: Four Vega Spectrums PMO Workshop 2010; Vega Spectrum vega08062010-01405s PMO Workshop 2010; Vega Spectrum vega08062010-01505s PMO Workshop 2010; Vega Spectrum vega08062010-01605s PMO Workshop 2010; Vega Spectrum vega08062010-01705s PMO Workshop 2010
2010 December 5: Variable Star IY Dra Spectrum PMO Workshop 2010
2010 November 28: Quasar KUV18217+6419 Redshift Analysis PMO Workshop 2010
2010 August 29: OSP 2010
2010 July 22: Pine Mountain Observatory
2010 March 18: QSI 532 Spectrum Focusing on Denebola
2010 March 10: QSI 532 Quasar 3C 273 Spectrum image taken on March 6, 2010
2010 February 13: QSI 520 Messier M45 The Pleiades image taken on August 29, 2008
2010 January 24: QSI 523 Pleiades M45 Stars Spectra image taken October 10, 2009
2010 January 23: OMSI Astronomical Photometry, Spectroscopy and Astrometry Workshop 2010; OMSI Astrophotography Conference 2010
2010 January 3: Spectroscopy Index; Astronomical Spectrograph; Spectroscopy Links
2009 May 30: QSI 523 QSOs and Twin Quasar Q0957+561 Near NGC3079 Galaxy image taken May 24, 2009
2009 May 24: QSI 532ws-M1 CCD Camera, Tele Vue NP127is Refractor and Astro-Physics 1200GTO German Equatorial Mount
2009 April 26: OMSI Beginner Astrophotography Workshop 2009 Summary
2009 March 25: Astrophotography PDFs; Quasi-Stellar Objects (QSO)
2009 March 23: QSI 523 NGC253 Sculptor Galaxy image QSO analysis
2009 March 22: Astrophotography Field of View Labs
2009 March 15: OMSI Astrophotography Workshop 2009 Summary
2009 March 1: QSI 520 NGC7000 North American Nebula image taken on August 26, 2008; QSI 520 NGC6960 Western Veil Nebula image taken on August 27, 2008; QSI 520 Messier M22 Globular Cluster image taken on August 28, 2008; QSI 520 Messier M17 Omega Nebula image taken on August 28, 2008
2009 March 1: QSI 520 NGC2237 Rosette Nebula image taken on September 27, 2008
2009 February 28: QSI 520 NGC 6946 Spiral Galaxy and NGC 6939 Open Star Cluster image taken on August 27, 2008; QSI 520 Sharpless 155 (Sh2-155) Cave Nebula image taken on August 28, 2008; QSI 520 NGC7822 Nebula image taken on August 28, 2008; QSI 520 NGC1893 Nebula image taken on August 28, 2008
2008 December 28: QSI 532 NGC891 Galaxy image taken on August 29, 2008 at OSP
2008 December 24: QSI 532 Messier M27 Dumbbell Nebula image taken on August 30, 2008 at OSP
2008 December 22: QSI 532 NGC6992 and NGC6995 Eastern Veil Nebula image taken on August 30, 2008 at OSP
2008 December 20: QSI 523 Messier M81 Galaxy and M82 Galaxy image taken on August 30-31, 2008 at OSP
2008 December 14: Nikon D70 camera Jupiter, Venus and Moon image taken on November 30, 2008
2008 December 7: QSI 520 Messier M31, M32 and M110 Galaxies image taken on August 27, 2008; QSI 520 Messier M8 Lagoon Nebula image taken on August 27, 2008
2008 November 8: QSI 523 NGC253 Sculptor Galaxy image taken on August 31, 2008 at OSP
2008 October 4: QSI 520 IC5070 Pelican Nebula image taken on September 27, 2008
2008 October 4: QSI 520 Messier M42 Orion Nebula image taken on September 26, 2008
2008 September 21: QSI 520 NGC6992 and NGC6995 Eastern Veil Nebula image taken on August 30, 2008 at OSP; QSI 520 Messier M27 Dumbbell Nebula taken on August 30, 2008 at OSP; QSI 520 Comet C/2007 W1 Boattini image taken on August 31, 2008 at OSP
2008 September 20: QSI 520 Perseus Double Cluster NGC884 and NGC869 image taken on August 31, 2008 at OSP
2008 September 14: QSI 520 Horsehead and Flame Nebula image taken on August 31, 2008 at OSP; QSI 520 CCD Camera on Pentax 75mm SDHF APO Refractor
2008 September 1: Oregon Star Party 2008
2008 May 27: Camp Hancock Star Party images taken on May 3-4, 2008
2008 May 11: QSI 532 Markarian's Chain of Galaxies image taken on May 1, 2008
2008 April 20: Orion Sirius EQ-G Mount Alignment Stars
2008 April 15: QSI 532 M51 image taken on April 12-13, 2008; QSI 532 CCD Camera on Celestron C5 Schmidt-Cassegrain
2008 April 14: QSI 532 Nova V2491 Cygni image taken on April 13, 2008
2008 March 16: OMSI Deep Sky Imaging Workshop 2008 Summary
2008 January 1: QSI 532 M33 calibrated image taken on December 10, 2007; Flat Field Calibration Using a Computer LCD Monitor
2007 Decemeber 16: QSI 532 M33 image taken on December 10, 2007
2007 Decemeber 6: QSI 532 CCD Camera on Pentax 75mm SDHF APO
2007 November 11: OMSI Astrometry and Photometry Workshop 2007 Summary November 10, 2007; OMSI Astronomy Conferences and Workshops Summaries
2007 November 4: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera Comet 17P/Holmes image taken on November 3, 2007
2007 September 3: Nikon D70 camera Aurigids meteors image taken on September 1, 2007
2007 May 31: Nikon D70 camera full Moon setting over Portland, OR image taken on May 31, 2007
2007 May 29: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M109 image taken on April 20, 2007; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera Messier Index
2007 May 27: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M51 image taken on May 19, 2007
2007 January 1: Nikon D70 camera Milky Way index of images taken on August 23-24, 2006
2006 December 26: Nikon D70 camera Milky Way index of images taken on August 26-27, 2006
2006 December 24: Nikon D70 camera Milky Way M7 to M24 image taken on August 26, 2006
2006 December 23: Nikon D70 camera Milky Way NGC7000 North American Nebula to IC1396 image taken on August 27, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M63 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M106 image taken on August 25, 2006
2006 December 3: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M20 color image taken on August 26, 2006
2006 December 3: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M20 color image taken on August 26, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M3 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M9 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M19 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M28 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M94 image taken on August 25, 2006
2006 December 2: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M6 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M7 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M22 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M54 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M62 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M70 image taken on August 25, 2006
2006 November 26: Nikon D70 camera NGC7000 North American Nebula image taken on August 25, 2006; DeepSkyStacker software
2006 November 25: Nikon D70 camera Veil Nebula image taken on August 25, 2006
2006 November 24: Nikon D70 camera M8, M20 and M21 image taken on August 24, 2006
2006 November 14: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M33 color image taken on August 27, 2006
2006 November 12: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M4 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M10 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M12 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M14 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M20 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M80 image taken on August 25, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space Camera M107 image taken on August 25, 2006
2006 November 8: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera Sun With Mercury Transit image on November 8, 2006
2006 November 2: Nikon D70 camera Milky Way M11 to M8 image taken on on August 23, 2006; Nikon D70 camera Milky Way M16 to M7 image taken on on August 23, 2006
2006 October 31: Nikon D70 camera Milky Way Dark Horse image taken on on August 23, 2006
2006 October 29: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera sunset movie on August 24, 2006; Nikon Coolpix 990 camera sunset movie on August 23, 2006; Nikon Coolpix 990 camera Sun image on August 23, 2006; Oregon Star Party 2006 on August 22-26, 2006
2006 June 4: Imaging The Sky Conference 2006 on June 3, 2006
2006 May 29: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space CCD Color Imaging Camera M101 image taken on May 1, 2006
2006 May 7: Orion StarShoot Deep-Space CCD Color Imaging Camera M13 image taken on April 26, 2006; Orion StarShoot Deep-Space CCD Color Imaging Camera
2006 April 23: Nikon D70 camera comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wach image taken on April 22, 2006
2006 January 29: Nikon D70 camera Saturn, M44 and M67 image taken on January 24, 2006
2005 November 24: Beijing Planetarium photos taken on November 12, 2005; Taipei Astronomical Museum photos taken on November 6, 2005
2005 October 13: Nikon Coolpix 995 camera Moon Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, Tycho and Clavius Craters image taken on October 11, 2005
2005 September 20: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera Harvest Full Moon rise image taken on September 17, 2005
2005 July 9: Nikon D70 camera M8, M20 and M21 image taken on July 8, 2005; Nikon D70 camera M16, M17, M18 and M24 image taken on July 8, 2005; Nikon D70 camera M11 and M26 image taken on July 8, 2005
2005 July 6: Mt Bachelor Star Party on July 6-10, 2005; Nikon D70 camera Comet 9P/Tempel 1 image taken on July 3, 2005
2005 June 30: Nikon D70 camera Mercury and Venus image taken on June 30, 2005
2005 March 2: Nikon Coolpix 995 camera Sun image taken on February 26, 2005
2005 February 14: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera Sun image taken on February 13, 2005
2005 February 3: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera Sun image taken on January 24, 2005
2005 January 18: Nikon D70 camera C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) image taken on January 10, 2005
2004 October 15: Removed all JavaScript from the web pages because of Window XP SP2.
2004 October 10: Meade LPI camera Jupiter rotation animation taken on April 26, 2004; Animations index of Sun, Moon, Jupiter and comets
2004 September 12: Nikon D70 camera Milky Way and Aquila constellation image taken on August 11, 2004
2004 September 6: Nikon D70 camera Messier M8 and M20 image taken on August 10, 2004
2004 August 29: Nikon D70 camera Messier M31 image taken on August 13, 2004
2004 August 23: 35mm film camera Perseids Meteor 2004 August 11-12, 2004; 35mm film camera Perseids Meteor 2004 August 11-12, 2004; 35mm film camera Perseids Meteor 2004 August 11-12, 2004
2004 August 22: 2004 Oregon Star Party August 10-14, 2004; Meade LPI camera Moon image August 11, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sun image August 7, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sun image August 8, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sun image August 9, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sun image August 10, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sun image August 11, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sun spots image August 11, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sunset image August 11, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sun image August 13, 2004; Meade LPI camera Sun images August 7-11 & 13, 2004; Nikon D70 180mmED at the 2004 Oregon Star Party
2004 August 1: Nikon D70 camera Messier M13 image taken on July 4, 2004
2004 July 5: Nikon D70 camera Coathanger (Brocchi's Cluster) taken on July 3, 2004
2004 July 1: Imaging The Sky 2004 Conference held on June 26, 2004
2004 June 2: Meade LPI camera Venus image taken on June 2, 2004
2004 May 30: Nikon D70 camera Messier M5 image taken on May 22, 2004; Nikon D70 camera Messier M10 image taken on May 22, 2004; Nikon D70 camera Messier M12 image taken on May 22, 2004; Nikon D70 camera Messier M13 image taken on May 22, 2004; Nikon D70 camera Messier M14 image taken on May 22, 2004; Nikon D70 camera Messier M62 image taken on May 22, 2004; Nikon D70 camera Messier M92 image taken on May 22, 2004; Nikon D70 digital SLR camera; Nikon D70 camera wide field Messier images index
2004 May 29: Four different ways to image process a Nikon D70 camera Messier M6 and M7 image taken on May 22, 2004
2004 May 26: Nikon D70 camera comet C/2001 Q4 (Neat) image taken on May 21, 2004; Nikon D70 camera Messier M6 and M7 image taken on May 22, 2004
2004 May 24: Meade LPI camera Venus image taken on May 21, 2004 at Hancock
2004 May 16: Nikon D70 camera comet C/2001 Q4 (Neat) image and M44 taken on May 15, 2004
2004 May 13: Nikon D70 camera comet C/2001 Q4 (Neat) image taken on May 12, 2004
2004 May 5: Meade LPI camera Venus image taken on May 1, 2004
2004 May 3: Meade LPI camera Moon Clavius Craterlets image taken on May 1, 2004
2004 May 1: Nikon D70 camera comet C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) image taken on May 1, 2004
2004 April 30: Nikon D70 camera comet C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) image taken on April 30, 2004
2004 April 29: Nikon D70 camera comet C/2004 F4 (Bradfield) image taken on April 29, 2004
2004 April 27: Meade LPI camera Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Moon crater images taken on April 26, 2004
2004 March 28: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera Mars, Venus and Mercury image taken on March 27, 2004; Meade LPI camera Jupiter image taken on March 28, 2004
2004 March 22: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera Venus image taken on March 20, 2004
2004 March 21: Meade LPI camera Jupiter image taken on March 20, 2004
2004 March 6: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera 10 days 23 hours 23 minutes old Moon image taken on March 2, 2004
2004 March 3: Meade LPI camera Jupiter image taken on March 2, 2004
2004 January 20: Philips ToUcam PC camera Saturn image taken on January 19, 2004
2004 January 6: Meade LPI camera 7 days 2 hours 24 minutes old Moon image taken on December 29, 2003
2004 January 4: Nikon Coolpix 990 camera 7 days 12 hours 8 minutes old Moon image taken on August 6, 2000; Nikon Coolpix 990 camera 14 days 12 hours 42 minutes old Moon image taken on July 16, 2000
2004 January 3: Moon Image Atlas; Observational Astronomy web site size: 2,397 files, 176 folders, 115 MB
2004 January 2: Astronomical League Lunar Club Index; Astronomical League Lunar Club Unaided Eye Index; Astronomical League Lunar Club Binocular Index; Astronomical League Lunar Club Telescope Index; Astronomical League Lunar Club Optional Index; Moon Libration
2004 January 1: Philips PCVC740K ToUcam PRO PC Video Camera and Orion Argonaut™ 150mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope; Nikon Coolpix 990 camera 12 days 5 hours 17 minutes old Moon image taken on November 5, 2003
1999 to 2003: Log of significant changes to the Observational Astronomy Web site from 1999 to 2003

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