Observations

Date: 1/13/10

Location: Venice, Fl

Conditions: clear

Time: 8:15-8:45

Observations:

Mars: about 10 degrees ENE, very red

Jupiter: not visible

Sirius: about 25 degrees high in the S, blue, extremely bright

Procyon: about 25 degrees high in the East, no bright stars surrounding it

Castor and Pollux: about 35 degrees high ENE

Capella: about 60 degrees NNE

Algol: 80 degrees N

Orion: SE, about 45 degrees high, all main stars visible except those of the sword

Aldebaran: about 70 degrees ESE

Great Square of Pegasus: 45 degrees high in the West, very bright, used as guide to find andromeda galaxy at about 50 degrees WNW

Cassiopeia: could see the M of the constellation, a few other stars of the constellation at about 50 degrees NNW

Pleiades: about 80 degrees ESE, very blue and bright

Deneb: about 10 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