Comet Halley during total lunar eclipse of 24 April 1986 in SE Queensland near NSW border where it is (was?) very dark. Very humid air I had a newspaper as a lens hood for the objective of my 80mm scope.
It was somewhere here:
http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=-29.16...85&z=9&l=0&m=b
Jan 2011 sky from Teneguia La Palma Canary Islands.
Jul 2012 Epsilon Lyrae (Double Double) with a 25cm Dob during daylight.
Jun 2012 Jupiter only 10 degrees from the Sun with a 10cm on midday.