Monday, January 18, 2010

Observations

Date: 1/10/10
Location: Venice, Fl
Conditions: clear
time: 9:00-9:30
observations:
Mars: about 15 degrees high ene, very red
Sirius: about 30 degrees high in the S, blue, extremely bright
Procyon: about 30 degrees high in the East
Castor and Pollux: about 40 degrees high ENE
Capella: about 65 degrees NNE
Algol: 75 degrees NNW, not very bright
Orion: SE, about 50 degrees high, all main stars visible
Great Square of Pegasus: 30 degrees high in the West, very bright, could not find andromeda galaxy
Cassiopeia: could see the M of the constellation, no other stars
Pleiades: straight up, very blue, bright

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