Observations

Date: 1/8/10

Location: Venice, Fl

Time: 8:15-8:45

Conditions: clear

Observations:

Mars: very low, ENE, about 3 degrees high ENE

Castor and Pollux: about 30 degrees high ENE, very bright, Pollux twinkling a lot, more than Castor

Procyon: 20 degrees high in the E

Orion: about 35 degrees high in the ESE, stars of belt very bright, Orion's sword very clear, Betelgeuse and Rigel both bright

Sirius: ESE, 20 degrees high, very blue, twinkling a lot

Aldebaran: about 65 degrees high ESE

Pleiades: about 75 degrees high ESE, appear very blue

Jupiter: about 8 degrees high WSW

Fomalhaut: about 10 degrees high in the SW, hard to see due to high trees in the SW

Great Square of Pegasus: about 30 degrees high in the west, all four stars very bright

Deneb: about 15 degrees high in the NW, can not see the other stars of the northern cross because they are too low and there are houses/ trees in the way

Polaris: about 25 degrees high in the N, can see two bottom stars of the Little Dipper almost directly below

Capella: about 55 degrees high in the NE

Algol: about 75 degrees high in the N