Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Q4 Observations #2

Date: May 27, 2014
Time: 7:30-8:30 PM 
Place: Sarasota, FL (Southgate)
Sky Conditions: waning crescent. rained earlier in the evening, but fairly clear.

Instruments Used: no binoculars or telescopes. 

Planets: Jupiter & Mars

Bright Stars noted: Spica, Regulus, Gamma Leonis, Cor Caroli, Arcturus, Alphard, Archenar, Thuban

Constellations noted: Virgo, Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, Cancer, Camelopardis, Auriga, Bootes, Hydra, Gemini, Leo, Draco, Corvus

Binary Star: none known from constellations in night sky

Deep Sky Objects: Big Dipper in Ursa Major
M104 in Virgo
M44 in Cancer
Rosette Nebula in Monoceros
Hydra's Head in Hydra

Other:  Jupiter in Gemini
Mars in Virgo


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