Rob Hawley's Web Page

I am a serious amateur astronomer and eclipse chaser. I am also the President of the San Jose Astronomical Association and leader of the annual CalStar Star Party.

Astrophotography

Henry Coe Messier Marathon 08    

Christmas 07 Comets

On 12/26 17p Holmes and 8p Tuttle were close enough to be captured in the same wide angle frame.
Tuttle passes M33 on Dec 30.

GSSP 2007

Peak Parking Lot Friday Night
Sagittarius and the Northern Milky Way Friday Night (fixed tripod 20 sec, F1.4, ASA 800, 24 mm)

Photos from Feb 2007 trip to Costa Rica

Click here for my photos of the Southern Milky Way and Orion taken on the annual TQ trip to Costa Rica

Plettstone May 19, 2007

Libya 06 TSE

Click here to see my photos and reports on the S&T / TravelQuest trip aboard the MSC Sinfonia to Libya. 

Messier Charts

The charts and text I prepared to assist in the Messier Marathon can be found here.

Mirror Cleaning using Collodion USP

My experiences as a first time user can be found here.

Astronomy Club Memberships

Astronomy Weather

Weather is also an interest.  I gathered what I considered to be the best West Coast weather sources for the SJAA Weather Page

Solar Energy

I am an advocate of Solar Energy and installed a 2.5 Kw system from Akeena Solar on my house.  This chart shows the history of its production


SJAA Tutorials

Jan 06 Presentation on Dob Collimation, and Maintenance
Feb 06 Presentation on Star Hopping and Filters
Star Hopping 101 Just my Star Hopping Lecture in HTML form




Misc Low Resolution Photos

This is a collection of low resolution photos available on photo sites

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