Sunday, March 23, 2014

Q3 Observations #3

Date: March 21, 2014
Time: 8:30-9:30 PM 
Place: Sarasota, FL (Southgate)
Sky Conditions:somewhat cloudy, clear enough to observe. Moon at Waning Gibbous

Instruments Used: no binoculars or telescopes. 

Planets: Jupiter

Bright Stars noted:Procyon, Aldebaren, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Sirius, Archenar, Capella, Algol

Constellations noted: Taurus, Orion, Leo, Canis Major & Minor, Perseus, Auriga, Hydra, Puppis, Cassiopeia, Eridanus

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

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

Rosette Nebula in Monoceros


Other: Jupiter moving away from the constellation Orion

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