Time: 9:20-9:25
Location: Venice, Fl
Conditions: A few clouds, but not many.
The moon: Waxing crescent, relatively low, in the southwest, very slight earthshine.
Date: 8/25/09
Time: 10:30-10:35
Location: Venice, Fl
Conditions: Dense cloud cover
The moon: can only see the bottom of the moon, slightly higher in the sky than 8/24/09
Date: 9/1/09
Time: 8:05-8:10
Location: Venice, Fl
Conditions: a little bit of cloud cover, but not much
The moon: Waxing gibbous, about 25 degrees high in the sky, in the southeast, could see the moon very well before sunset
Date: 9/30/09
Time: 8:00-8:50
Location: Siesta Key Beach Parking Lot, Sarasota Fl
Conditions: Very cloudy, can only see high magnitude stars, the planets, and the moon
Jupiter: Can see multiple (3) weather bands on the surface of Jupiter
Can see four moons of Jupiter, 2 on each side of Jupiter
Date: 10/4/09
Time: 8:15-9:00
Place: Venice, Fl
Conditions: extremely clear, only a few clouds in the entire sky
Moon: Full, low and to the east, about 11 degrees high in the sky, could see a few large craters and lunar maria
Jupiter: about 27.5 degrees high, between the S and SE, observed a slight twinkle over elapsed time
Summer Triangle: Asterism high over head, can clearly see Altair, Vega, and Deneb, Vega is brightest, then Deneb, then Altair.
Cassiopeia : could see, but vaguely, in the NE
Arcturis: about 6 degrees high in the W, very profound twinkle for a star
Fomalhaut: Low in the SE, about 11.5 degrees high, not extremely bright compared to most first magnitude stars, but still brighter than most objects in the sky
Polaris: about 27 degrees high in the N, relatively few stars around it
Antares- in the constellation Scorpius, but couldn't see the other stars of the constellation, very low, about 7 degrees in the SW
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