Comet Lulin is a PDF document I found on Ellis’ computer. I’m not sure if he wrote this himself (as he often plotted his own star maps) or if this was something he found online. Comet Lulin Feb 13 (PDF) Read more →
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Comet Hale-Bopp (April 26, 1997)
Another of dad’s notes was on this comet. I recall going out into the desert, as well as Wrightwood with dad to see this. Comet Hale-Bopp April 26, 1997 Comet H-B from the Angeles Crest Highway above Wrightwood, California. The comet is near an open cluster named “The Hyades” a loosely bound together group of around 132 stars brighter… Read more →
The Great Aurora of Nov. 5, 2001
Dad had a journal entry in one of his documents that read: The Great Aurora of Nov. 5, 2001 From Paradise California from C. 7:30- 8:30 PM Jan and I, along with many others watched from Lookout Point. The night was very dark and we were careful not to step over the edge of a very high cliff. The… Read more →
Photography Through the Telescope
Ellis Warner wrote the below notes on capturing images through a telescope, for the PDF version: Telescope Photography PDF Photography through the telescope When capturing an image on film, one desires it to be as large as possible, ie., since a 35 mm camera uses film with the dimensions of 24mm by 36 mm it would be the best… Read more →