Monday, November 12, 2007

Observation 2.1

Date: November 5, 2007
Time: 7:00-9:00
Place: Suncoast Community Church (Clark Road east of the Interstate)
Sky conditions: Clear

Instruments used: binoculars, school telescope

Planets: Jupiter (Setting)

Bright Stars: Aldebaran, Altair, Vega, Deneb, Polaris, Fomalhaut

Constellations: Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Cepheus, Taurus, Delphinius, Pisces Austrinus, Lyra, Vulpecula

Binary Stars: Epsilon Lyrea (difficult to distinguish the different colors)

Deep Sky Objects: M45 (Star cluster), M57, M31, M27 (all but M45 mostly looked like fuzzy circles)

Other: Holmes Comet (visible with the naked eye, looked fuzzy, did not yet have a tail)

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