Observed shadow bands during the 2010 July 11 and 2012 Nov 14 Total Solar Eclipses.
Published "The Instability of Jupiter's Moons",
Sky and Telescope,
April 2010, Pages 30-31.
Searched for Vulcanoid asteroids during the
Libya 2006
Total Solar Eclipse Expedition,
the Gobi China 2008 Total Solar Eclipse Expedition, and
the Enewetok 2009 Total Solar Eclipse Expedition.
Calculated the mean
Sun/Earth distance -
using the 2nd & 3rd contact
timings of the 2004 June 8 Transit of Venus
149596765 km ± 3543 km (0.0237% uncertainty) -
AU error (ΔAU): 2437 km (0.0016%)
Solar parallax (Π): 8.79432" ± 0.00018" (0.0020% uncertainty) -
parallax error: (ΔΠ) 0.00010" (0.0011%)
Confirmed Henry Norris Russell's 1874 claim that a
transit spot can be seen on Venus during transit - Sky & Telescope: Nov 2004, p.80
Detailed analysis of the F0V star HD 354069 -
1.6 solar mass,
1.77 solar radii,
407 parsecs - 2004 Aug 28
Demonstrated that it is possible to observe a 0 second old new moon -
Observed the surface of the moon during middle of 2003 Nov 23
Total Solar Eclipse over Antarctica
Obtained the record for the sighting of the youngest moon possible -
Observed 0 second old during middle of
2003 Nov 23 Total Solar Eclipse over Antarctica:
Sky & Telescope: May 2004, p.121
Observed
Supernova
1987A from Canberra Australia on 1987 Feb 24 (20 hrs after discovery) -
Observed color change and an increase in brightness
Measured timing on numerous Total, Annular & Partial
Solar Eclipses -
Also recorded temperature changes, wind direction changes, sky condition
changes
during partial phases.
I have observer the following solar eclipses (total, annual, hybrid, partial):
Frankie Encalada was kind enough to convert the Stellar Classification Tables
into set of of comma separated value (spreadsheet) files.
Download and unpack this gzipped tarball:
stellar_classification_table_csv.tar.gz.
Astronomy Vita
See my
Astronomy Vita
for a detailed
history of my work in Astronomy.
