• 2024 - March 18, Vandenberg Launch of Space X Falcon 9, as seen from Fortuna Foothills, Yuma, AZ
  
   

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• 2023 - October 14, The Annular Eclipse of the Sun, as seen from Rio Rancho, NM
  
   

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• 2023 - February 1, Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF (aka,"The Green Comet"), as seen from the Fortuna Foothills of Yuma, AZ.
  
   

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• 2022 - December 7, Occultation of Mars by the Moon, as seen from the Fortuna Foothills of Yuma, AZ.
  
   

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• 2022 - November 8, Total Lunar Eclipse, as seen from the Fortuna Foothills of Yuma, AZ.
  
   

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• 2022 - May 15. Total Lunar Eclipse, as seen from the Fortuna Foothills of Yuma, AZ.
  
   

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• 2021 - Near Total - Partial Lunar Eclipse, as seen from the Fortuna Foothills of Yuma, AZ.
  
   

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• 2020 - Comet NEOWISE, as seen on various dates and from various locations.
  
   

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• 2017 - August 21, The Total Eclipse of the Sun, as seen from Casper, WY.
  
   

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  	08/21  11:42 AM

• 2016 - January 1, Comet Catalina, as seen from Vail, AZ.
  
   

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• 2016 - March 9, The Total Eclipse of the Sun, as seen from the Straits of Makassar, aboard the MS Volendam
  
   

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  	03/09  8:35 AM

• 2013 - November 3, The partial eclipse of the Sun, as seen from Lauderdale By The Sea, FL.
  
   

  	11/03  5:34 AM to 5:37 AM		11/03  5:49 AM to 5:51 AM

• 2013 - June 9, Conjunction of Mercury, Venus, and the Moon, from Mt. Palomar, CA .
  
   

  	6/09  8:30 PM	6/09  8:35 PM	6/09  8:43 PM	6/09  8:46 PM

• 2013 - May 28-29, Conjunction of Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, from Vista, CA .
  
   

  	5/28  8:36 PM	5/28  8:40 PM	5/29  8:25 PM	5/29  8:27 PM	5/29  8:34 PM	5/29  8:40 PM	5/29  8:49 PM

• 2012 - May 20, Annular Eclipse of the Sun, from Page, AZ.
  
   

  5/20  5:24 PM

  5/20  6:24 PM

• 2012 - February 25 - March 2, Conjunction of Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, from Vista, CA .
  
   

  	2/25 6:15 PM		2/25 6:15 PM		2/29 6:25 PM		3/02 6:20 PM

• 2011 - Total Eclipse of the Moon, from Vista, CA .
  
   

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• 2008 - November 30 - December 3, Conjunction of Jupiter, Venus and the Moon, from Vista, CA .
  
   

  11/30 5:46PM

  11/30 6:06PM

  12/01 6:20PM

  12/01 6:32PM

  12/01 6:32PM

  12/03 5:25PM

• 2008 - October 24, Vandenberg Delta II Missile Launch carrying COSMO-3,as seen from Vista, CA.
  
   

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• 2007 - November 6-24, Comet 17/P Holmes, from Mataguay Scout Reservation, Vista and Mt. Palomar.

	11/06 ~9:00 PM	11/10  1:05 AM	11/10 1:05 AM	11/10 9:50 PM	11/10 9:50 PM
	Mataguay	Vista	Vista	Mataguay	Mataguay
	11/13 9:52 PM	11/13 10:25 PM	11/13 10:50 PM	11/21 10:45 PM	11/21 10:53PM	11/21 11:14 PM
	Palomar	Palomar	Palomar	Palomar	Palomar	Palomar
	11/24  8:57 PM	11/24 8:58 PM	Combined Dates
	Vista	Vista

• 2007 - August 28, Total Eclipse of the Moon, from Mt. Palomar, CA.

• 2007 - January 13, Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught, from Mt. Palomar, CA.

	5:11 PM	5:12 PM	5:17 PM	5:25 PM	5:29 PM

• 2006 - November 8, Transit of Mercury, from Vista, CA.

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• 2006 - June 27, Vandenberg Delta IV Missile Launch, as seen from Vista, CA.

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• 2006 - March 29, The Total Eclipse of the Sun, as seen from Tent City, Libya!
  
   

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• 2005 - September 22, Vandenberg PST Minotaur I Missile Launch, as seen from Vista, CA.

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• 2005 - April 8, Partial Eclipse of the Sun, from Calexico, CA.

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• 2004 - May 12-15, Comet C/2001 Q4 NEAT from Mt. Palomar

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• 2003 - November 8, Total Eclipse of the Moon, from Mt. Laguna

• 2003 - May 15, Total Eclipse of the Moon, from Mt. Palomar

• 2003 - January 25 - February 8, Comet C/2002 V1 NEAT, from Mataguay Scout Reservation and Mt. Palomar

	Jan 25	Jan 25	Jan 31	Jan 31	Feb 1	Feb 1
	Feb 3	Feb 5	Feb 5	Feb 8	Feb 8

• 2002 - June 10, Annular Eclipse of the Sun, from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

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• 2000 - December 25, Partial Eclipse of the Sun, from Vista, CA.

	7:47AM	7:50AM	8:05AM	8:25AM	8:45AM	9:10AM	9:13AM

• 2000 - July 30, Partial Eclipse of the Sun, from Gilroy, CA.

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• 2000 - Comet C/1999 S4 LINEAR, from Mataguay Scout Reservation, Northern San Diego County

	22nd	Compare	Compare	Beads	Zoomed

• 1998 - February 26, Total Eclipse of the Sun, from Curacao Island, Netherlands Antilles

							Partial Phases and animation
							2nd Contact thru Outer Corona

• 1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp from San Diego, CA.

	the Cabin	thru Trees	M31 Flyby	Lights	Ghostly	Setting	Setting2

• 1996 - Comet Hyakutake from San Diego, CA.

	In The East	the Dipper	At Polaris	The Hill	East County	Full Moon	With Venus	Goodbye

•       - Partial Eclipse of the Moon

•       - Total Eclipse of the Moon

• 1992 - January 4, Annular Eclipse of the Sun, from Encinitas, CA.

		Partial with Clouds	Partial with Sunspots	Partial and a Bird	Almost there!	Annularity in the Clouds

• 1991 - July 11, Total Eclipse of the Sun, from the Sea of Cortez

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		July 11, 1991