My Observing Lists



 

Below, in the table on the left hand side, is a summary of the various Astronomical League Observing Club programs I have completed and the status towards completion of those I am still working on. If you place the mouse over the Observing Club Name and click the mouse, you will be taken to the Astronomical League's Observing Club summary page, explaining the various aspects of that particluar obsercing club program. If you place the mouse over the Certificate link and click the mouse, you will be taken to a picture of my certificate for this program. To see a picture of the pins I have received for these programs, see My Awards Page .

Below, in the table on the right hand side, is a summary of other observing lists I have come upon and wish to complete. As you can see, I have been concentrating on the Astronomical League's programs first and will get to these other lists soon.


Completed 68 Observing Clubs/Programs
Received 111 Astronomical League Certificates
and Counting...

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Astronomical League Observing Programs Status
Observing Program Name
Status
Observations
First Telescope Observation Certificate December 26, 1965  
Messier - Basic Received March 6, 1988  
Messier - Honorary

Original Certificate
Updated Certificate #762

To Be Added
Double Star Certificate #166
Lunar Certificate #391
Messier Binocular Certificate #574
To Be Added
Deepsky Binocular Certificate #172
To Be Added
Sun Spotter Certificate #75
Venus Transit Certificate Received 7/27/04
Herschel 400 Certificate #303
Planetary Observing Certificate #31
Caldwell - Silver Certificate #68
Globular Cluster Certificate #2
Urban Astronomy Certificate #68
Observer Award Certificate  
Master Observer Award Certificate #34
None
Advanced Observer Award Certificate  
Master Observer - Silver Award Certificate  
Master Observer- Gold Award

Certificate

 
Master Observer - Platinum Award Certificate #2  
Northern Constellation Hunter Certificate #19
To Be Added
Earth Orbiting Satellite Certificate #16
Lunar II Certificate #1
Basic Outreach Certificate #7-0
Stellar Outreach Certificate #7-S
Master Outreach Certificate #7-M
Comet - Silver Certificate #17
Comet - Gold Certificate #11
Meteor Watching Certificate #31
Universe Sampler Certificate #68 (T)
Herschel II Certificate #54 (M)
Open Cluster Certificate #17
Planetary Nebula - Basic Certificate #10
None
Planetary Nebula - Advanced Certificate #14
Arp Peculiar Galaxies Certificate #60-V
Local Galaxy Group/Neighborhood Certificate #8
Galileo Certificate #3
Galaxy Groups & Clusters Certificate #23
Dark Sky Advocate

Certificate #3

Carbon Star Certificate #8
Binocular Double Star Certificate #2
Southern Arp Peculiar Galaxy Certificate #4-V
Dark Nebula Certificate #11
Flat Galaxies - Regular Certificate #13-R
Flat Galaxies - Honorary Certificate #13-H
Venus Transit 2012 Certificate
Asterisms Certificate #2
Stellar Evolution Certificate #6
Bright Nebula - Basic Certificate #1
Bright Nebula - Advanced Certificate #1
Hydrogen Alpha Certificate #1
Southern Planetary Nebula - Basic Certificate #3
Sketching Certificate #5
Advanced Binocular Double Star Certificate #6
Two In The View Certificate #9
Radio Astronomy - Bronze Award Certificate #14-B
Radio Astronomy - Silver Award Certificate #12-S
Radio Astronomy - Gold Award Certificate #4-G
Mercury 2016 Planetary Transit Certificate
Binocular Variable Star Certificate #6
Caldwell Gold Certificate Certificate #28
Southern Skies Telescopic

Certificate #51

Southern Skies Binocular Certificate #94
Southern Planetary Nebula - Advanced Certificate #1
Southern Constellation Hunter Certificate #9
Active Galactic Nuclei Certificate #10-V
Asteroid - Regular Certificate #48
Asteroid - Gold Certificate #58
NEO - Intermediate Certificate #11
NEO - Advanced Certificate #12
Beyond Polaris Certificate #2
Analemma Certificate #16
Variable Star Certificate #28
Total Solar Eclipse 2017 Certificate
Binocular Master Observer Certificate
Binocular Lunar Certificate Certificate #391
Part of completing the Lunar Observing Program
Binocular Solar System Certificate Certificate #180-B
Binocular Galileo Certificate Certificate #3
Part of completing the Galileo Observing Program
Nova - Silver Award Certificate #2
Nova - GoldAward Certificate #4
Herschel Society - Silver Award Certificate
Herschel Society - Gold Award Certificate
Herschel Hustle 0/74 Observed
Citizen Scientist - Level 3- Meteor Observing Bronze Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - NEO Asteroid Observing Bronze Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - NEO Asteroid Observing Silver Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - NEO Asteroid Observing Gold - Class 1 Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - NEO Asteroid Observing Gold - Class 2 Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - NEO Asteroid Observing Gold - Class 3 Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - NEO Asteroid Observing Gold - Class 4 Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - NEO Asteroid Observing Gold - Class 5 Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - NEO Asteroid Observing Gold - Class 6 In Progress
Citizen Scientist - Level 3- Nova Observing Bronze Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - Variable Star Observing Bronze Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - Variable Star Observing Silver Certificate
Citizen Scientist - Level 3 - Variable Star Observing Gold Certificate
Multiple Stars Certificate #7
The Great Conjunction of 2020 Certificate
Galileo's TOES

Certificate #5

Mentor Mike Roos Certificate  
Alternate Constellations

Certificate #8

Lunar Evolution Certificate #20
Spectroscopy Certificate #3
Solar Neighborhood

Naked Eye - Certificate #5
Binocular    - Certificate #2
Telescopic  - Certificate #5

April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse Challenge Certificate
Astronomy Before the Telescope Certificate #5
Bambury 600 Certificate
Herschel 400 Southern Hemisphere Certificate #5
Occultation 0/7 Asteroid
0/15 Total Lunar
0/3 Grazing Lunar

Log of Observations
Southern Sky Local Galaxy Group 0/45 Seen
Log of Observations

 

Other Lists of Objects Status
Project Name
Number Seen
Observations
Comet Observations
53 Recorded
Kepple and Sanner 400
Certificate #2
View 1000 Galaxies
Complete May, 2010
None
View 5000 Unique Celestial Objects
Goal Reached 4/7/2016
Unique Celestial Objects Observed
8626
Wagoner 100
NGC 1137 - NGC 1243 63%
NGC 1314 - NGC 1462 71%
NGC 3779 - NGC 3881 60%
Complete 5/4/2021

W100_1137_1243
W100_1314_1462
W100_3779_3881
W100_4231_4336

Volunteer 1000 hrs at RMNP
130/1000 hrs
As of 7/30/2016
Herschel 300
Herschel 2500
Complete
Herschel Double Stars
312/500 Seen
Mitsky's Double Stars
288/816 Seen
My Double Stars
785/3904 (20%) Seen
Cygnus 100
Complete 10/4/2023
S&T Lunar 100
0/46 Left
 
Local Galaxy Group Left
10
 
Flat Galaxies Left
6
 
Galaxy Groups Abells Left
40
 
Galaxy Groups Hicksons Left
45
 
Galaxy Groups Additionals Left
9
 
Galaxy Groups Trios Left
32
 
Burnham's Deep Sky Objects
1641/1906 86.1%
TSP 1999 Telescope List
86/88 Seen
TSP 2000 Telescope List
112/113 Seen
TSP 2001 Telescope List
86/86 - Complete
TSP 2003 Telescope List
25/25 Seen - Complete
TSP 2004 Telescope List
25/25 Seen - Complete
TSP 2005 Telescope List
24/24 Seen - Complete
TSP 2007 Telescope List
25/25 Seen - Complete
TSP 2009 Telescope List
25/25 Seen - Complete
TSP Binocular Observing Program
Complete May, 2005
TSP Challenge Binocular Program
Complete May, 2005
TSP 2010 About Face List
Complete May, 2010
TSP 2010 5x5 List
Complete May, 2010
TSP Binocular Program from “Hell”
Complete May, 2010
TSP 2011 Telescope List
25/25 Seen - Complete
TSP 2012 Telescope List
28/28 - Complete
TSP 2013 Telescope List
29/29 - Complete
TSP 2014 Telescope List
31/31 Seen - Complete
TSP 2015 Telescope List
30/30 Seen - Complete
TSP 2016 Telescope List
22/22 - Complete
TSP 2017 Telescope List
25/25 Seen - Complete
TSP 2018 Telescope List
28/29 Seen
TSP 2019 Telescope List
36/36 Seen - Complete
Max Moe 80
96/96 Seen - Complete
RASC Finest Deep Sky Objects
117/117 - Complete
RASC Deep Sky Challenge Objects
35/45 Seen
None
SAA 100
100/100 - Complete
TAAS 200
207/207 - Complete
EVAC 200
200/200 - Complete
EVAC Edge-On Galaxies
47/47 - Complete
Okie-Tex Panhandle Planetaries 1
30/30 Seen - Complete
Okie-Tex Panhandle Planetaries 2
29/29 - Complete
Okie-Tex Bright and Beautiful 1
32/32 Seen - Complete
Okie-Tex Fornax and Friends 1
23/31 Seen
Okie-Tex Globulars and Galaxies 1
30/30 Seen - Complete
Okie-Tex Challenge Globulars 2
28/30 Seen
Okie-Tex Elliptical Galaxies Galore 1
30/30 Seen - Complete
Okie-Tex Elliptical & Irregular Galaxies 2
27/30 Seen
Okie-Tex Spiral Galaxies 1
29/30 Seen
Okie-Tex Spiral Galaxies 2
26/30 Seen
Okie-Tex Deepsky Sampler 1
31/31 Seen - Complete
Okie-Tex Treasures 2
23/30 Seen
Okie-Tex One Per Constellation 1
30/30 Seen - Complete
Okie-Tex Going Deep 2
22/30 Seen
Okie-Tex Smorgasboard 1
32/32 Seen - Complete
Okie-Tex Dim Fuzzies 2
24/28 Seen


Last Updated: December 15, 2024