Observations

Date: 1/11/10

Location: Venice, Fl

Conditions: clear

time: 8:00-8:30

observations:

Mars: not visible

Jupiter: about 10 degrees WSW

Sirius: about 20 degrees high in the S, blue, extremely bright

Procyon: about 20 degrees high in the East, twinkling a lot

Castor and Pollux: about 30 degrees high ENE

Capella: about 55 degrees NNE

Algol: 75 degrees N

Fomalhaut: about 10 degrees SW

Orion: SE, about 40 degrees high, all main stars visible

Aldebaran: about 65 degrees ESE

Great Square of Pegasus: 40 degrees high in the West, very bright, used as guide to find andromeda galaxy

Cassiopeia: could see the M of the constellation, a few other stars of the constellation

Pleiades: about 75 degrees ESE

Deneb: about 15 degrees NW, no other stars of summer triangle or northern cross visible

Polaris: North, about 30 degrees, could see bottom stars of little dipper at about 10 degrees N