Observing Guides

• Observing Globular clusters (2MB pdf) from May 2005
• Observing Planetary Nebulae (2MB pdf) from May 2005
• Observing Jupiter (300kB pdf) from May 2006
• Observing the Moon from September 2006
• Observing Saturn html pdf[4.7M]
• October 2006 Skywatch presentation
• November 2006 Skywatch presentation
• December 2006 Skywatch presentation
• January 2007 Skywatch presentation
• February 2007 Skywatch presentation
• February 2007 Observing the March 3rd 2007 Lunar eclipse
• March 2007 Skywatch presentation html pdf[6M]
• April 2007 Skywatch presentation pdf[2.8M]
• May 2007 Skywatch presentation pdf[2.7M]
• May 2007 Eyepiece talk pdf[1.5M]
• Summer 2007 Skywatch presentation pdf[2.6M] [Updated]
• September 2007 Skywatch presentation pdf[2.4M]
• Observing Mars by Mike Spicer [PDF 1.79 MB] from January 2008
• Observing Saturn in 2008 by Mike Spicer [PDF 5.72 MB] from February 2008
• Summer 2008 Skywatch presentation [PDF 2.67 MB]

Interactive Astronomical Tools

• From Julian Date Calculator Written by Doug Welch
• To Julian Date Calculator Written by Doug Welch
• Planetary Photographic CalculatorWritten by Charles W. Baetsen
• Cartes du Ciel Free star-charting program for MS-Windows
• Virtual Moon Atlas
• Consolidated Lunar Atlas

Astronomy Club Resources

• Choosing a telescope by HAA member Stewart Attlesey
• Telescope Buying Guide By Jeff Kanipe
• SID project by Doug Welch
• Messier Marathon fund raiser PDF 
• Instructions for Polar aligning telescopes.
• Observing log by Glenn Muller (right click then select Save_Link_as). This is an Exel spreadsheet template that you can use to record your observations. It includes a short tutorial and macros that enable sorting on several fields for quick reference. Download time is short, even with dialup, and when you see the message that the file "contains macros", you should hit the button to "Enable Macros".
• HAA Astro Challenge by Greg Emery HTML DOC Excel
• Observing Record sheet by Ann Tekatch
• Observing Certificate