Books by Philip S. Harrington

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Astronomy For All Ages

The Deep Sky: An Introduction

Eclipse!

The Illustrated Timeline of the Universe

The Space Shuttle

Star Ware, 4th edition

Star Watch

Touring the Universe Through Binoculars
 

 

Star Watch

Star Watcher Hall of Fame

 

In the final chapter of Star Watch, readers are invited to send the author e-mail notification after they observe all of the deep-sky objects listed in chapters 6 through 9.  By return e-mail, you will receive a Star Watcher certificate suitable for color printing and framing that is numbered and signed attesting to your achievement.

The following amateur astronomers have received the

Star Watcher Award

Certificate no.

Name

Date completed

Location

Instrument(s) used

1

Rodger Raubach

2004 July 11

Douglas, Wyoming

  • 8x40 IOR Bucharesti military binoculars

  • 7x50 Pentax binoculars

  • 18x80 Schneider/Kreuznach binoculars

  • Takahashi TOA-130 5.1-inch refractor

  • TMB 175 f/8 6.9-inch refractor

2

Gale Cumberledge

2004 October 22

Goodyear, Arizona

  • 4.5-inch Newtonian reflector

  • 8-inch Orion Newtonian reflector

  • 16x50 Bushnell binoculars
3 Jon R. Zander 2004 December 20 Boulder City, Nevada
  • Orion MegaView 30x80 binoculars

4

Laird A. Scott

2005 April 11

Whitewater, Wisconsin

  • Orion SkyView Pro 120mm EQ Refractor

  • Orion Atlas 10 EQ reflector

  • Orion UltraView 8x42 Binoculars
5 Jim Elliott 2005 August 16 Broadway, North Carolina
  • Orion SkyQuest XT 4.5"
  • Orion UltraView 10x50 binoculars
6 Tony Fisher 2005 September 20 Midland, Texas
  • 10" reflector
  • 15" reflector
  • 10X50 binoculars
  • 20X80 binoculars
7 Vincent T. Cottrell 2006 March 1 Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Tele Vue TV-85
  • 10X50 binoculars
8 anonymous 2006 March 4 USA
  • 8" reflector
  • 4.7-inch refractor
9 Dick Estey 2007 January 1 Concord, NC
  • 80-mm refractor
  • 114-mm reflector
  • 305-mm reflector
10 Dave Mitsky 2007 March 21 Harrisburg, PA
  • 9x63 Celestron binoculars
  • 10x50 Swift binoculars
  • 20x80 Celestron binoculars
  • 12.5-inch f/4.8 Starsplitter Compact Dobsonian
  • 12.5-inch f/6.5 Cave Newtonian
  • 17-inch f/15 classical Cassegrain
11 William R. Helms 2007 April 2 Old Town, FL
  • Starmaster 12.5-inch f/4.8 reflector
12 Jim Kaminski 2007 December 3 Albuquerque, NM
  • 11x56 binoculars
  • 80-mm William Optics ZenithStar refractor
  • 4.25-inch Edmund Astroscan 
  • Celestron 8 Schmidt-Cassegrain
13 George J. Robinson 2007 December 16 Auburn, CA
  • 10-inch Orion SkyQuest XT Newtonian
14 Humberto Anselmi 2008 March 22 Miami, FL
  • Celestron C6 Schmidt-Cassegrain
  • 66-mm William Optics ZenithStar refractor
15 Kevin Nasal 2008 May 8 De Pere, WI
  • Meade 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain
  • Orion Vista 10x50 binoculars
  • Naked eye
16 Robert D. Fennell 2008 July 3 Oakland, TN
  • 8-inch Orion SkyQuest XT Newtonian
17 
Rodney Fields
 2009 January 2 
Caledonia, WI
  • Celestron Astromaster 114 EQ Newtonian
18 Dave Riem 2009 January 19 Moreno Valley, CA
  • Meade LXD75 SN8 Schmidt Newtonian
19 Bill Herron 2014 March 02 Evansville, IN
  • Orion ED80mm APO refractor
  • 10" reflector
  • 10x50 binoculars
20 Mary Kelly O’Hara 2017 January 21 Oil City, PA
  • Starmaster 7” Oak Classic
  • Starblast 4.5”