Steve Boerner
Chesterfield, MO
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My Observing Logs
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I managed to resist the pull of Astronomical League observing programs for years. Then I went on a September fall color trip to Colorado and Utah in 2010. The truly dark skies drew me in, and I started visually observing the Messier Observing Program.
Since then, I've officially become hooked on the observing opportunities the AL's Observing Programs offer. I'm now over one hundred AL certificates for observing everything from the Sun to the farthest reaches of the Universe. Along the way, I've written and coordinate two observing programs, coordinate a third, and had a hand in developing/writing two others.
I started keeping my Astronomical League observing logs online with Google Sites in 2011.
Astronomical League Member-at-Large
Astronomical League Coordinator for:
Other AL Efforts:
Herschel Hustle planner/designed certificate
Foundations of Imaging lead author
Proposed the Bennett List as an Observing Program
Master Observing Progression Certificates:
Advanced Observer
Binocular Master Observer
For Your Eyes Only
Master Imager
The summer of 2013
The only image of me as an AstroVIP in Glacier National Park
(left corner)
My first telescope~1956 I don't want to think how many times my finger has hovered above a "buy in now" button on eBay.
Programs In the Future:
Part of the 1 minute 30 seconds of totality in the front yard during the August 2017 eclipse
ISS Lunar Transit 10:34:08 on 2/1/2018
James Webb Telescope
My daughter-in-law worked for a subcontractor on the project.
Programs in the Works:
Sketching
Imaging Caldwell
DIY Related Pages
AL Programs Submitted for Approval:
EEOP--ALCON 2015
An early attempt for an EAA program.
It wasn't rejected, but not approved either but did lead to me working on....
Imaging Program Objects for the Astronomical League---ALCON 2016 The AL approved an Imaging Program in 2012 but there were no targets. I was asked to submit a comprehensive list of targets and activities--the council didn't like it either and I'd agree...too complicated.. The basics of the program eventually became the Foundations of Imaging Program in 2020 and were approved.
Advanced Double Stars (measure PA and separation)--2019 (The Multiple Star Program was chosen instead).
Submitted in August 2018
Eclipsing Binary Stars
Exoplanets
I'm a big SkySafari fan. Here are some skylists I've make or collected for Astronomical League Observing Programs.
The SkyLists will work in SkySafari 6 too.
Places where I observe:
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