Not wanting to use MS Word, I started an online record sheet for the WAS 25 Binocular Certificate which can, for now, serve as an index for my few astronomical pages.
See also:
- a talk on satellite observing I did for a practical evening at Wycombe Astronomical Society and
- my blog pages tagged Astronomy
Member’s Name: Ed Davies
Main Binoculars Used - Size: 15×70 Field of View: 4º
Second Binoculars Used - Size:....... Field of View: ....
| Object | Date | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planets - View and draw as seen (including any stars seen in your field of view) | ||||
| B1 | Venus | 2004-03-22 | 19:10Z | Mercury, Venus and Moon |
| 2004-06-08 | Morning | Transit of Venus | ||
| B2 | Mercury | 2003-05-07 | 06:10Z/08:31Z | Transit of Mercury. |
| 2004-03-22 | 19:10Z | Mercury, Venus and Moon | ||
| B3 | Mars | |||
| B4 | Saturn | |||
| B5 | Jupiter and any Moons seen (First Record) | |||
| B6 | Jupiter and any Moons seen (Second Record) | |||
| B7 | Jupiter and any Moons seen (Third Record) | |||
| B8 | Sun. WARNING: Project the sun's disc onto a suitable surface. DO NOT VIEW THE SUN DIRECTLY THROUGH THE BINOCULARS OR YOU MAY BE PERMANENTLY BLINDED! | 2003-05-07 | 06:10Z/08:31Z | Transit of Mercury. |
| B9 | Sun. WARNING: Project the sun's disc onto a suitable surface. DO NOT VIEW THE SUN DIRECTLY THROUGH THE BINOCULARS OR YOU MAY BE PERMANENTLY BLINDED! | 2003-10-29 | 14:30Z | Lots of sunspots. |
| 2005-12-02 | 12:00Z | More sunspots. | ||
| B10 | Through your binoculars, view and draw the Moon showing its phase and include some nearby stars in your field of view. | |||
| Lunar Project - View and drawn as seen (near to a first quarter Moon) | ||||
| B11 | Mare Crisium | |||
| B12 | Mare Fecunditatis | |||
| B13 | Mare Tranquilitatis | |||
| B14 | Mare Sereneitatis | |||
| B15 | Tycho | |||
| B16 | Copernicus | |||
| B17 | Caucasus/Alpine Mountain area | |||
| B18 | Apennine Mountains | |||
| Constellations - View and draw as much of the detail that you can see in the field of view of you binoculars | ||||
| B19 | Sagitta | |||
| B20 | Delphinus | |||
| B21 | Canis Minor | |||
| B22 | Triangulum | |||
| Star Groups - View and draw as much detail as you can comfortably manage | ||||
| B23 | Alpha Perseus and the "tea cup". Can you see the tea cup? | |||
| B24 | The sword handle and the Double Cluster | |||
| B25 | The Coathanger | 2004-10-18 | 20:10Z | |
| Extra alternative items you can use in place of any of the above to obtain your total of 25 objects seen | ||||
| B26 | M44 Beehive Cluster in Cancer | |||
| B27 | M31 Andromeda Galaxy | 2004-10-18 | 20:00Z | |
| Double Stars | ||||
| B28 | Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 Taurus | |||
| B29 | Delta 1 and Delta 2 Lyra | |||
| B30 | Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 Capricorn. | |||
