Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Observation 1.2

Date: September 7, 2007
Time: 8:50-9:10
Place: Bee Ridge (East of the interstate)
Sky conditions: Clear skies

Planets: Jupiter was visible.

Bright Stars: The only stars that I could identify were Polaris and Antares, Scorpius was in the sky.

Other: Iridium 70 was visible due North. It was very bright to begin with (-7 Magnitude to begin with). It faded and was no longer visible at about 15 degrees above the horizon.

It was a very clear night and there were lots of stars. The moon was a waning crescent, and it was not visible.

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