Red Barn Observatory MPC/IAU H68
Established 2006
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Steve E. Farmer Jr.
Astronomer Profile
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My name is Steve E. Farmer Jr. and I reside near a very small town in Georgia, USA called Ty Ty. I am a government employee working for the Georgia Department of Agriculture as a Food Safety Inspector, an active Certified Firefighter, a volunteer for the Red Cross Disaster Action Team, a husband, and a father of four. Born in June 1974, I have always been interested and involved in Astronomy - particularly in objects that appear to move in the sky (planets, meteors, comets, asteroids, etc...) I received my first real telescope when I was around 8 years old (see photo below) - and it went from there. In 2003, I decided to build an observatory to house my 10" Meade Starfinder reflector. The Starfinder is a great telescope for visual work, but I needed more to really see the asteroids and comets! So, in 2006, I purchased a 12" LX200 GPS SCT and was able to use this telescope to obtain an "official" observatory code. This telescope and a SBIG ST-7 was enough to get me started in Astrometry. With the 12" LX200 mounted in the observatory (see Observatory), I had the set-up I needed.
My First Scope - many years ago...
My Telescopes and Astronomy Equipment:
12" Meade LX200 GPS Equatorial Mounted
10" F4.5 Equatorial Mounted Reflector
(Added JMI Reverse Crayford Focuser)
4 1/2" Equatorial
Mounted Reflector
Several Meade & Celestron Eyepieces: 9mm through 40mm
2x Meade Barlow
SBIG ST-7
Two computers installed in the observatory for control
of the telescope and SBIG camera, one "in home" computer
for image processing and asteroid/comet studies.
Member of:
The Planetary Society
NAMN North American Meteor Network
Georgia Fireball Network
Participant in:
Stardust@Home
SETI@Home & SOHO Comet Searches
Observatory: Red Barn Observatory
MPC/IAU H68
Web Site: www.cometary.net
My SOHO Comet Discoveries ------------------13 SOHO comets to date and still searching...
| Comet # | DATE | NAME | GROUP | TELESCOPE | q (perihelion) |
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1. |
2004 Dec 3 |
C/2004 X4 |
Kreutz |
C3, C2 |
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2. |
2005 Aug 18 |
C/2005 Q5 |
Kreutz |
C3 |
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3. |
2005 Aug 25 |
C/2005 Q7 |
Kreutz |
C3 |
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4. |
2005 Aug 30 |
C/2005 Q9 |
Kreutz |
C3 |
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5. |
2005 Dec 19 |
C/2005 Y1 |
Non-Group |
C2 |
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6. |
2005 Dec 27 |
C/2005 Y9 |
Kreutz |
C3, C2 |
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7. |
2006 Jan 13 |
C/2006 A7 |
Kreutz |
C3 |
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8. |
2006 Feb 6 |
C/2006 C2 SOHO-1098 |
Kreutz |
C3 |
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9. |
2006 Feb 10 |
C/2006 C3 SOHO-1099 |
Kreutz |
C3 |
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10. |
2006 Feb 20 |
C/2006 D3 SOHO-1103 |
Kreutz |
C3 |
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11. |
2006 Feb 28 |
C/2006 D6 SOHO-1106 |
Kreutz |
C3 |
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12. |
2006 July 12 |
C/2006 N1 |
Kreutz |
C3, C2 |
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13. |
2006 Oct. 19 |
SOHO-1204 |
Kreutz |
C3, C2 |
Other Hobbies:
Archaeology - Native American artifacts
Fishing - particularly 100m long-cast surf fishing
Guitar - Playing since I was 15
Reading, Studying, Thinking...
Yahoo Groups of Interest:
stardustathome
sohohunter
comets-ml
comet_hunters

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