MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2012
to do
There are a lot of things I want to do. Or try. Or complete. Or repeat again, since I didn't do a good job the first time.
Hopefully by keeping this list on-line, I'll better remember, when I stumble and feel directionless, some things to do.
immediate / urgent
- revisit area near γ (gamma) Lyrae, identify fuzzies
double stars
- monitor ξ (xi) UMa (in winter and spring)
- revisit doubles which I did not split
- sketch challenging systems
- accurately measure PA and Sep
- monitor other fast moving binaries
- pick some other "fast movers" to observe in other seasons...
- learn how to report doubles
- finish the Sky & Tel summer doubles list
- finish the Sky & Tel winter doubles list
- finish the Sky & Tel Orion doubles list
- start measuring "neglected" doubles
- test MallinCam video recording with BinStar
photography
- use the RASC MallinCam
- learn it better, document, teach
- image ISS in daylight with MallinCam
- image ISS in evening with MallinCam
- image bright DSO in daylight with MallinCam
- image bright planets in daylight with MallinCam
- star trails
- double stars
- for fun
- for colour
- for measurement
- planets
- wide field / constellations
- Milky Way
- use the RASC Skynyx
- continue research on using a QuickCam
- try photography with a Questar
bodies
- Mars, as it moves toward opposition in March 2012
- view moon(s) of Mars (will need horsepower, i.e. big aperture; and should do March 2012, during next best apparition)
- view single and double moon shadows on Jupiter
- or a single shadow with the GRS
- view moon(s) of Uranus, for e.g., get Ariel
- view moon(s) of Neptune
- comet Garradd, summer 2012
general
- revisit DSOs which I did not see clearly
- view ISS in daylight with C14
- view/image ISS during solar transit
- slow down
- sketch more
- make one sketch per observing session!
- complete Messier list
- complete Turn Left At Orion
- explore familiar objects with TV 9mm
- try loaner 20mm
- evaluate the binoviewer with dual 20mm wide angles
- (better) learn SkyTools3 Pro
- verify C8 is collimated
- look for quasars (generally the furthest objects away we can see)
- use the club Questar
- use the "quick" 'scope more
- test Celestron First Scope
- help assemble ma's 'scope
continuous
- estimate magnitude limits
- naked eye
- with binos
- telescopically
- learn constellations
- learn bright stars
Lots to do.
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