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My Log Book

Introducing My Log Book: A Formal Exploration Volumes 1 to 8

Roger Nelson February 28, 2024Astronomy, Achievements, Log Book

My Log Book Introduction Welcome to my log book, where I document my journey and experiences. This blog post will delve into the meaningful moments and valuable insights I’ve gained along the way. As I share my personal reflections, I …

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M45 Pleiades Messier List Catalogue

Messier List Table is now complete

Roger Nelson January 27, 2024Adventures, Achievements, Log Book

Messier List Table is now complete I first observed and documented all the Messier list table in 1992. Since that time I have often returned to view many of them. On this page, I document my experience viewing these items. …

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Tables and Lists

Exploring Tables and Lists: A Fresh Perspective

Roger Nelson January 10, 2024Astronomy, Achievements, Adventures, Log Book

Tables and Lists, a new thing We have added Tables and Lists to this site of Observations.   The table identifies where this object is in the Sky, and it will provide an image or sketch of what it looks like …

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Halley's Comet

Halley’s Comet Reaches Greatest Distance from Sun This Week

Roger Nelson December 9, 2023Astronomy, Log Book, News

Halley’s comet farthest from the sun this week Halley’s Comet – the most famous of all comets is coming to the end of the invisible tether binding it to our sun. This comet has been heading away from the sun …

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Comet C2022-E3 ZTF

A Celestial Dance: Comet C2022-E3 ZTF’s Sky Path Near Mars

Roger Nelson March 12, 2023Astronomy, Adventures, Log Book, News

Comet C2022-E3 ZTF and Mars Recently the vicinity of Earth was visited by a “Dirty Snowball” otherwise known at Comet C2022-E3 ZTF. This comet was discovered a year ago. Its passage was billed as a once in a lifetime opportunity.   Well …

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Total Lunar Eclipse

Nov 8, 2022: A Rare Opportunity to View a Total Lunar Eclipse

Roger Nelson November 9, 2022Astronomy, Adventures, Eclipses, Log Book

Nov 8 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse Had a chance to observe and take an image of the Total Lunar Eclipse this morning. This was an interesting fairly long and deep eclipse that was visible to the Pacific Regions, including Western …

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Our Local Group, Local Galaxy Group

A Glimpse into the Local Galaxy Group: New Table

Roger Nelson June 29, 2022Achievements, Log Book

Galaxies in our Local Galaxy Group We have now loaded up a table of the Galaxies in our Local Galaxy Group. Added to each row are notes that I have made when I have observed/photographed these.   (or not where I …

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Local Group Galaxies
Lunar Eclipse 2021

Partial Lunar Eclipse Nov 2021

Roger Nelson November 20, 2021Adventures, Astronomy, Eclipses, Log Book

Partial Lunar Eclipse Nov 2021 Taken from my front step with my telescope. That was last night at 2am local time. The skies had nicely cleared off, which was the forecast. And the temperature was around freezing (-4C) with light …

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Lunar Eclipse 2019

A Celestial Spectacle: The Lunar Eclipse Jan 2019

Roger Nelson February 8, 2019Astronomy, Eclipses, Log Book

Lunar Eclipse Jan 2019 Our expedition to view the Lunar Eclipse Jan 2019 was a successful outing, drove north from my home to a farm west of Airdrie Alberta. I captured a series of Images showing the different stages of …

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