Sunday, March 23, 2014

Q3 Observations #2

Date: March 18, 2014
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM 
Place: Sarasota, FL (Southgate)
Sky Conditions: few, large clouds. full Moon

Instruments Used: no binoculars or telescopes. 

Planets: Jupiter

Bright Stars noted:Gamma Andromeda, Aldebaren, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Sirius, Archenar (hard to see entire constellation, Eridanus), Capella, Algol

Constellations noted: Taurus, Andromeda, Orion, Leo, Cancer, Canis Major, Monoceros, Perseus, Auriga

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

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


Other: Jupiter near the constellation Orion

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