Q3 Observations #1

Date: March 1st, 2014

Time: 7:00-9:00 PM (with Percival & Dacey, ~ 4 hours credit)

Place: Pine View Service Road

Sky Conditions: Clear skies. Moon not present,  new moon.

Instruments Used: binoculars (10x50),12 inch telescope, 8 inch telescope, 10 inch telescope

Planets: Jupiter & moons, viewed in 12 in. telescope

Bright Stars noted:Betelgeuse, Rigel, Polaris, Castor, Pollox, Aldebaren, Sirius, Algol, Capella, Procyon

Constellations noted: Gemini, Taurus, Orion, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Canis Major, Perseus, Auriga, Eridanus, Andromeda, Cassiopeia

Binary Star: Castor (visual binary), Algol (eclipsing binary), Betelgeuse (red supergiant)

Deep Sky Objects: M41, viewed in 10 in. telescope
M42 & the Horsehead Nebula in Orion
Perseus's Double Cluster
Taurus' Hyades & Pleiades, the Seven Sisters

Other: Jupiter located in the constellation Gemini.