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| Year: | | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | | |
| | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | | ||
| 1995 | ||
| 1995-Jan | Purchased Meade 8"/F10 LX200 from BCF, London | |
| 1995-Jan | First Light for LX200 telescope (1995-Jan-23) (first observing object M42 in Orion) |
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| 1995-Feb | Galaxies in Ursa Major, Andromeda & Leo | |
| 1995-Sep | Saturn - Rings edge on | |
| 1995-Dec | Purchased JMI NGF-S Focuser and Illuminated Reticle Eyepiece | |
| 1995-Dec | New Moon, (22/23rd Dec 1995) | |
| 1995-Dec | Purple Skies. Venus looking like a UFO (1995-Dec-29) | |
| 1996 | ||
| 1996-Apr | Purchased Telrad Sight | |
| 1996-Apr | Venus 49% phase | |
| 1996-Apr | Hyakutake Comet | |
| 1996-Oct | Hale-Bopp Comet in Ophichus | |
| 1996-Nov | Globular Clusters | |
| 1997 | ||
| 1997-Mar | Hale-Bopp Comet | |
| 1998 | ||
| 1998-Aug | Uranus & Neptune | |
| 1998-Sep | Built Hilltop Roll-Off Observatory | |
| 1998-Oct | First Light for Hilltop Observatory (1998-Oct-23) (first observing object NGC 6709) |
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| 1998-Nov | Transit of Io across Jupiter (1998-Nov-01) | |
| 1998-Nov | Leonid Fireballs (1998-Nov-17) | |
| 1999 | ||
| 1999-Sep | Purchased TheSky Level 4 (Vn5) Software | |
| 1999-Nov | Leonid Meteors (1999-Nov-17/18) | |
| 1999-Dec | Built initial release of www.richweb.f9.co.uk/astro Web Site | |
| 1999-Dec | Spotted my first Asteroid (29 Amphritrite), went on to spot 3 more | |
| 2000 | ||
| 2000-Mar | Hilltop Observatory dismantled in preparation for move to Dorset, England. | |
| 2000-Apr | Joined the Wessex Astronomical Society | |
| 2000-Oct | Commenced planning New Heath Observatory | |
| 2001 | ||
| 2001-Jan | Learnt about the merits of yyyy-mm-dd date format, modified richweb/astro web site accordingly |
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| 2001-Feb | Built Image Database with a Web frontend | |
| 2001-Jun | Erected New Observatory | |
| 2001-Sep | Purchased SBIG ST7e CCD Camera | |
| 2001-Nov | Imaged Comet C/2000 WM1 | |
| 2001-Dec | Imaged Supernova 2001ib | |
| 2001-Dec | Revised Image Database format. | |
| 2002 | ||
| 2002-Aug | First CCD image of Uranus | |
| 2002-Sep | First CCD image of Neptune | |
| 2003 | ||
| 2003-Aug | First CCD Image of Pluto | |
| 2003-Aug | Detailed CCD Image of Mars | |
| 2003-Aug | Kingcup Observatory dismantled in preparation for move to Aberdeenshire, Scotand | |
| 2003-Oct | Joined Aberdeen and District Astronomical Society (now Aberdeen Astronomical Society) | |
| 2003-Dec | Purchased CFW-8 Colour Filter Wheel | |
| 2004 | ||
| 2004-Jan | Clair Observatory constructed | |
| 2004-Feb | First Colour CCD Images | |
| 2004-Feb | First CCD Image of Venus | |
| 2004-Dec | Imaged Comet - C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) | |
| 2005 | ||
| 2005-Jan | Imaged Horsehead Nebula | |
| 2005-Aug | Imaged 1992 UY4 making close pass to Earth (~ 16 LD) | |
| 2005-Sep | Imaged Veil Nebula | |
| 2006 | ||
| 2006-Feb | Imaged SN2006x in M100 | |
| 2006-Apr | Six fragments of Comet 73/P
Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 imaged (Fragments B, C, G, H, N, R) |
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| 2006-May | 2 of brightest objects in Hubble Deep Field (North) successfully imaged | |
| 2006-May | Comet 73/P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 - Fragment B breaking up | |
| 2006-Aug | Image of Maffei 2 galaxy in IR | |
| 2006-Sep | Images of Comet C/2006 M4 (Swan) | |
| 2006-Dec | Images of two extragalactic novae in M31 | |
| 2007 | ||
| 2007-Mar | First CCD image of Sun | |
| 2007-Mar | Total Lunar Eclipse imaged (2007-03-03) | |
| 2007-Mar | Imaged dwarf planet Haumea (was 2003 EL61) | |
| 2007-Apr | Imaged large Sunspot 953 | |
| 2007-Apr | Photographed new moon (3% phase) | |
| 2007-Apr | Hedgehog visits Observatory | |
| 2007-May | First photography of Mercury | |
| 2007-Oct/Nov | Images of Comet 17/P Holmes eruption | |
| 2007-Dec | Images of Mars at Opposition (2007) | |
| 2008 | ||
| 2008-Jan | Imaged two supernova in NGC 2770 (SN 2007uy and SN 2008D) | |
| 2008-Feb | Purchased Optec TCF-S temperature compensating focuser | |
| 2008-Mar | Imaged jet in M87 | |
| 2008-Apr | Imaged Nova V2491 Cyg (4 days after discovery) | |
| 2008-Apr | Imaged first Star Spectra using Star Analyser 100 | |
| 2008-Oct | Recorded flare on EV Lac | |
| 2009 | ||
| 2009-Feb | Imaged Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin | |
| 2009-Feb | Purchased 12" LX200R (ACF) scope & ST-10XME CCD camera | |
| 2009-Feb | Built & Installed New Sliding Roof to Observatory | |
| 2009-Mar | First Light Session for new 12" LX200R (ACF) scope (S00356) Notes | |
| 2009-May | Imaged Hickson 50 galaxy cluster | |
| 2009-Jun | Noctilucent Cloud display (2009-06-25/26) | |
| 2009-Sep | Imaged dwarf planet Eris (was 2003 UB313) | |
| 2009-Nov | Imaged dwarf planet Makemake (was 2003 UB313) | |
| 2010 | ||
| 2010-Jan | Diagnosing problems with 12" LX200R/Autostar (2009-12-27 to 2010-01-13). Scope sent for repairs (2010-01-22) | |
| 2010-Feb | 12" LX200R repaired and back in Observatory (2010-02-13) | |
| 2010-Mar | Recorded variable star GK Per in outburst (Nova Per 1901) | |
| 2010-Aug | Observing Jupiter's Belts | |
| 2011 | ||
| 2011-Apr | Images of "The Antennae" (NGC 4038 / 4039, Interacting Galaxy Pair) | |
| 2011-Apr | Images of NGC 3972 with Supernova SN 2011by (2.1 days after discovery) | |
| 2011-Aug | Observations of Supernova 2011fe in M101 (from 1.9 days after discovery to 346 days after discovery) | |
| 2012 | ||
| 2012-Dec | Observed flyby of 4.5km diameter Minor Planet 4179 Toutatis on 2012-12-12/2012-12-13 (18 LD) | |
| 2013 | ||
| 2013-Sep | Observed Nova Delphini 2013 (Mag 7.5). | |
| 2013-Nov | Updated LX200 Firmware from 4.2g to 4.2G (V19) | |
| 2013-Dec | First Light Images with new Oculus AllSky Camera (for Cloud, Aurora & Meteor Monitoring) | |
| 2014 | ||
| 2014-Feb | Observed Fanatastic Aurora Display on 2014-02-27 (and captured with AllSky Camera) | |
| 2015 | ||
| 2015-Dec | Captured significant aurora display on 2015-12-31 (AllSky Camera) | |
| 2016 | ||
| 2016-Feb | Captured evidence of bright bollide that exploded over NE Scotland on 2016-02-29 (AllSky Camera) | |
| 2016-Feb | Captured significant aurora display on 2016-03-06 (AllSky Camera) | |
| 2017 | ||
| 2017-Jan | Purchased ZWO ASI178MC CMOS Camera (Guiding, Planetary and LiveStack Deep Sky Imaging) | |
| 2017-Jan | First Light for TS 80mm APO Telescope (Guidescope & Medium Field Imaging) | |
| 2017-Nov | First Light for Altair Herschel Wedge (Solar Observing) | |
| 2017-Dec | Plans for new Dome Observatory (2018) | |
| 2018 | ||
| 2018-Jan |
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