These astronomy pages are an accumulation of stuff from some twenty odd years of amateur astronomy.
TOWTOVE - the report of the expedition to Barrow, Alaska, sent to observe the 2004 transit of Venus across the face of the sun.
observing information index - how-to, techniques, tips, and tricks, mostly for the visual observer, including some copies of correspondence relating to visual and scientific observing. This link sends you to a new index page containing information specifically about observing.
Notes about my telescopes - for the terminally curious. Also a bit of philosophy about astronomy equipment in general.
Solar FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about observing the sun.
Optical definitions and comments - There were a lot of silly comments about optics found in various amateur astronomy forums back in the late 90's. They had in common that they were factually incorrect, and dogmatically held as though they were Gospel delivered straight from the top of the mountain by winged spirits bearing pitch laps and Zygo interferometers. This sought to cut through some of the insanity.
Pictures of an Observing Chair currently serving at Junk Bond Observatory.
A bunch of unsupported, and largely abandoned astronomical Catalogs for download, especially useful to SkyMap Pro users.
Observing Mars with the Lowell 24" Clark - an account of a private observing session with the historic Lowell refractor.
Bibliography - a list of 15 years worth of S&T articles and other stuff I've published on astronomy. This doesn't cover my articles about various IT subjects. Note: no longer updated as of July, 2002.
Notes on Lunar References - comments on books, atlases, and other (mostly print) resources for the lunar observer.
Messier Observing - notes and sketches on observing the Messier objects, and the Messier Catalog sorted by Tirion chart number.
Notes on Lunar Features - I'm slowly (glacially) adding my comments on the lunar surface, as I have time to cobble them together. Note: this project was conceived as a demonstration of what a good surface notes page might look like. But it was abandoned due to lack of time when the robotic telescope programming business heated up. Later, it got picked up as a book project, but then the publisher killed the project (which is a lucrative way to write, I've found) over their concern at a couple other moon books that were coming out. The residuum is here on the off chance it inspires or informs anyone.
Getting Started - An article I published in the Astronomy Club of Akron newsletter.
Fix up your Meade Starfinder Equatorial - how to make this somewhat challenged telescope better. Or as Bob Haler (one of the really good guys out there) would say, "make your telescope suck less" (he's speaking tongue-in-cheek, of course).
Solar System Sketches for the year 1998 and 1999. The only reason I haven't taken this down is because I hate dead links.
Thunderstorm Sprites - these things surprised me, but I was able to tape them with my camcorder.
Some planetary sketch blanks - for the die-hards among us.
November 1998 Leonid shower photos - the 2001 shower was much better, but I decided to make it a visual-only experience. I took some images of the 1998 shower, and one made the Astronomy Picture of the Day, so I decided to quite while I was ahead.