The Sky is Your Laboratory

Meteor Studies. -Project A: Visual meteor counts of major meteor showers. -Project B: Characterization of minor meteor showers. -Project C: Characterizing Sporadic meteors, and discovering unrecognized showers. -Automating your Meteor Observations. -Radio Meteor Monitoring. -Additional Reading and Resources. -Occultations. -Project D: Lunar Occultation Timing. -Project E: Grazing Lunar Occultations. -Project F: Asteroid Occultation Timing. -International Occultation Timing Association. -Additional Reading and Resources. -Visual Observing. -Project G: Variable Star Observing. -AAVSO. -CCD Photometry. -General Principles of Aperture Photometry. -Selection of Comp Stars. -Software Packages for Photometry. -Absolute vs. Differential Photometry. -Project H: CCD Photometry of Variable Stars. -Project I: Determining Asteroid Lightcurves. -Signal, Noise, and Photometric Accuracy. -Project J: Extra-Solar Planet Transits. -Absolute Photometry on the B-V-R system. -Project K: Asteroid Phase Curves. -CCD Astrometry. -Basic Principles of Astrometry. -Equipment needed. -Making the Observations. -Reducing and Analyzing your Results. -Project L: Asteroid astrometry. -Project M: Binary Stars: Separation and Position Angle. -Discovery projects. -Project N: Lunar Meteor Impacts. -Project O: Asteroid Hunting and Discovery. -Project P: Comet Hunting. -Nova and Supernova Hunting. -Project Q: Nova Search. -Project R: Supernova Search. -Project S: Serendipitous discoveries. -Appendix A: Some Notes on Time. -Appendix B: Some Background on Astrometric Concepts. -Appendix C: The scientist’s record book.