Time: 8:00-8:15
Location: Venice, FL
Conditions: Cloudy, but some bright stars still visible
Instruments: Celestron 10X50 binoculars
Observations:
Moon: first quarter, about 31.5 degrees up in the South, Many craters visible along the visible/non-visible line of the moon.
Polaris: About 27 degrees up in the North.
Jupiter: Could see 4 Galilean moons with binoculars.
Summer Triangle: all 3 stars high over head
Northern Cross: could see all 6 stars
Date: 10/26/09
Time: 7:50-8:20
Location: Venice, Fl
Conditions: Clear, but a few clouds over head
Instruments: Celestron 10X50 binoculars
Observations:
Moon: about 3o degrees high in the South, first quarter, could see a very large crater at the lowest part of the moon; it had lots of lines extending from it. Mare visible with and without binoculars.
Jupiter: 29 degrees high in South, could see 1 moon with naked eye, 3 with binoculars.
Polaris: 27 degrees high in the North, could not hold the binoculars steady enough to determine whether the fainter of the two binary stars was visible and able to be separated.
Summer Triangle: all 3 stars visible, high straight up in the sky, Vega the brightest, Altair in the South.
Northern Cross: 4 main stars visible, including Deneb and Alberio, while the two faintest stars are covered by clouds.
Cassiopeia: visible in the NorthEast
Great Square of Pegasus: visible in the East
Andromeda Galaxy: used Great Square of Pegasus to locate the galaxy, which was faint even with binoculars.
Little Dipper: Could see 3 brightest stars, Polaris and the bottom two stars of the dipper.
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