Rob Hawley Web Page

Welcome.  I am a serious amateur astronomer, eclipse chaser, and budding astrophotographer.

I am also a board member and volunteer at FPOA.   Come by some time and say hello!

Rob in Svalbard

Solar Eclipses

One of my hobbies is chasing the moon's shadow.

Click to Follow Rob's Eclipse Journey

Solar Eclipse Software

Here are two programs that will make capturing an eclipse easier

Predict The Circumstances

EclipseTimesCalc

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EclipseTimesCalc Logo

This is an iOS app that will predict for a given location and eclipse when the various Events of an eclipse ( C1- the first the the moon is visible, C2 - When totality begins, etc.) occurs. It will give you some idea of where to look and how close you are to the centerline.

For more information see the tutorial for the app.

Photograph the Eclipse

CaptureEclipse

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EclipseTimesCalc Logo

This is an MacOS app that will control a Canon Camera to photograph both Total and Annual Eclipses.

Documentation on the app is available here.

Major Trips

Besides chasing the moon's shadow we have also done several other major trips. This section will provide images of those experiences

Flags of Rob and Carrie

I began collecting flags of the countries I had visited back in the 1990's. Then it was a relatively modest 9 flags. By the end of 2020 it will grow to be 58 different countries. Many of these are from eclipses, but several others are destinations we visited because they were interesting.

See Rob and Carrie's flags
Rob and Carrie's flags

Round the World 2019

In 2019 we joined National Geographic to visit some of the most iconic sights in the world with the assist of a dedicated plane

Click to Follow Rob and Carrie's Trip Around the World
2019 Round the World

Iceland 2018

In 2018 I returned to Iceland with my spouse to see a less traveled part of Iceland.

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2018 Trip locations

Rob' Trip to the South Pole

In January 2014 I visited Antarctica and traveled to the South Pole. See my travelog of this fantastic Trip.

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2014 Real South Pole Marker

Cape Kennedy 1970

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing I present my own pictures from January 1970 of a very active Cape Kennedy with Apollo 13 on the pad.

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Apollo 13

Other Info

This section contains some miscellaneous material that might be interesting

US Patents

  • 6,457,130 File access control in a multi-protocol file server
  • 7,711,539 System and method for emulating SCSI reservations using network file access protocol
  • 5,533,192 Computer program debugging system and method