Observations

date: 1/6/09

location: Venice, Fl

time: 8:00-8:30

conditions: clear

observations:

Deneb: about 12.5 degrees high in the northwest, relatively dim

Polaris: about 25 degrees in the north, dim, could not see the bottom two stars of the little dipper

Sirius: extremely bright, under Orion, in the east, twinkling more than the other stars around it, looks blue

Fomalhaut: in the southwest, about 12.5 degrees high

Jupiter: about 10 degrees high in the west southwest

Mars: not yet visible

Gemini: about 22.5 degrees high ENE, Castor and Pollux very bright, the stars of the feet of Gemini also visible

Capella: very high, about 50 degrees in the NE

Cassiopeia: WorM is an m, about 50 degrees high in the NW

Algol: about 80 degrees N, can not see enough stars to make out the rest of Perseus

Great Square of Pegasus: about 40 degrees

Orion: about 30 degrees in the ESE