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Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Orange, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Nov 19 02:20:30 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2214
using Stellarium and Heavens Above is still a good combination for visible passes but this opportunity started in the Southwest on the right side of the Young Moon close to Jupiter and Saturn and then it went high into the Summer Triangle going past Deneb before going into the Earth's shadow.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jul 15 02:03:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2172
This evening, I watched the ISS go directly over my head as it went by. It was quite a sight.
NGC6709 (Open Cluster, in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jul 14 01:40:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2171
This evening, I observed the open cluster, NGC 6709, in the constellation Aquila. The cluster was a large one with many faint stars among some bright stars. It was first time I ever saw this cluster.
NGC6709 (Open Cluster, in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jul 14 01:40:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2170
This evening, I observed the open cluster, NGC 6709, in the constellation Aquila. The cluster was a large one with many faint stars among some bright stars. It was first time I ever saw this cluster.
Satellite (Satellite, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 15 02:55:30 2016 UT Obs. no.: 1983
"double" Iridium flares below Altair.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Sep 14 03:00:30 2016 UT Obs. no.: 1982
Iridium 13 under Altair
Comet (Comet, est. mag -8, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jan 12 22:10:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1612
This evening, my friend, Steve Borer and I observed Comet McNaught with my 10X50 binoculars. The comet's head looked bright and round and we estimated the tail as being about four degrees long. Even with the naked eye, we were able to see the complete comet and tail. Now, here is why I estimated its magnitude as -8. We saw the comet and its tail about 10 to 15 minutes before we were able to see -3.9 magnitude Venus which was higher up in a darker part of the sky. Speaking of Venus, we were able to brace my binoculars and see that Venus is starting to become a waning gibbous phase.
Comet (Comet, est. mag -4, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 80-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jan 10 22:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1610
Right after sunset, my friend Mike Dzubaty and I went to a big hill in Milford Ct. to observe Comet McNaught with Mike's mounted 11X80 binoculars. With our naked eyes, the comet looked like the Planet Venus , which was to the comet's upper left. In Mike's binoculars, the comet was big and bright with a fan shaped tail going two or three degrees from the comet. The comet then set about fifteen to twenty minutes later.
Comet (Comet, est. mag -4, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 8 22:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1609
This evening, my friend Joe Cseh and I attempted to observe Comet McNaught from seperate locations in Southern Connecticut. I was able to easily spot the comet only fifteen minutes after sunset. In binoculars, the comet and its tail were very bright and this was in very bright twilight. My friend, Joe Cseh was easily able to spot the comet with his naked eye only five minutes after sunset. He also repoted it as being very bright. Since my horizon was much lower than Joe's, I was able to view it for a little while longer which allowed me to see it really brighten up before it set.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Aug 14 01:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1557
This evening, my friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Steve Borer and I observed the Persied meteor shower. Most of the meteors we saw were faint and fast moving. However, there was one bright yellow meteor that traveled about 20 to 30 degrees across the sky. we estimated the meteor was about -2 magnitude. At 9:56 PM EDT, we observed a bright iridium satellite whos magnitude was -6. We also saw other dimmer satellites. All in all, it was a great meteor and satellite viewing night.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 5, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 10-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Mar 5 10:10:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1505
This morning, I groggily arose from my bed before dawn to observe Comet Pojmanski with my 10X50 binoculars. It took me less than a minute to spot the comet. In binoculars, the comet looks like a green fuzzball in the sky. Its size is relatively small. People in dark sky areas have been seeing a tail rather easily, but my light polluted skies didn't allow me to see any tail.
NGC6709 (Open Cluster, in Aquila)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Sep 24 16:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1343
This open cluster shows a few bright stars in a small region. Nice. Easy to locate. Contains a reddish-orange star. Shape is somewhat like a vague letter 'M'.
NGC6772 (Planetary Nebula, in Aquila)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jun 19 22:50:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1025
A very faint but large planetary in Aquila.Very faint at 51x (18mm SWA eyepiece).Better seen with an O-III filter.
Other (Other, est. mag 4-5, est. to be in Aquila, Est. RaDec 19h23m, +04d57')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Dec 4 22:40:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 502
I observed the bright new nova, V1494 (Nova Aquilae 1999 #2), under less than ideal conditions on Saturday evening. On Thurday night (12/3/99 UT) I had caught a brief glimpse of the nova through the 17" before the clouds moved in but couldn't begin to judge its magnitude. After careful inspection of the "new" star on Saturday night I had the impression that it may have begun to fade. At any rate Nova Aquilae 1999 #2 was distinctly red at 118x through the 17". I also used the 5" f/5 finderscope at 31x (20mm Meade Wide Angle) to observe the nova, which was easily visible through a companion's 7x35 binoculars but not to my naked eye.We also viewed Jupiter and Saturn at 202 (32mm U.O. Koenig-II) and 259x (25mm U.O. MK-70), M36 at 118x, M45 through the 5", and M15 at 118 and202x.On Sunday evening the sky was somewhat clear again after sunset and I set up my Orion ShortTube 80 on my balcony and had another look at the nova at 15x (26mm Tele Vue Ploessl). I also used my Celestron 20x80's to scan the area. The nova was playing hide and seek with clouds in the west and local light pollution didn't help matters any soI was unable to come to any conclusions about the star's brightness. After briefly observing Jupiter at 125x (8mm T V Radian and 2.5x T VPowermate) I called it quits. (At that power my ST suffers from somewhat noticeable chromatic aberration which grows worse when viewed "off axis".) I was going to view the reappearance of Io from eclipse at 02:39 UT but since I wasn't feeling well and needed some sleep I went to bed before that event occurred.
Other (Other, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu, web: http://www.ezonline.com/ash/obs.htm)
Instrument: 56-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Fri Aug 13 02:10:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 472
B142-3, also known as Barnard's E and the Triple Cave Nebula, is a dark nebula that lies to the west of gamma Aquilae and approximately 3 degrees to the northwest of Altair. I viewed this moderately large, E-shaped cosmic void from the dark skies of Springfield, Vermont through a friend's 8x56 Celestron Ultima binocular.
Other (Other, est. mag 13.5, est. to be in Aquila, Est. RaDec 19h29m,+9d39')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 51-cm equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Sep 24 00:45:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 399
One of the objects that a friend and I observed through his large f/10 classical Cassegrain was the unusual cometary nebula Parsamyan 21. At 203x Parsamyan 21 was almost stellar. Upping the magnification to 302x allowed us to see a small and very dim comet-like object with averted vision. Using a Lumicon UHC filter was detrimental to the view as one might expect given the nature of this nebula. Other observations through a 20" f/5 Obsession Dob, a 7" f/15 Meade LX50 Maksutov-Cassegrain, and a 5" f/9.5 D & G refractor included M15, Jupiter, the shadow transit of Io, M101, M92, and NGC 6804.
NGC6803 (Planetary Nebula, in Aquila, Est. RaDec 19h30.6m,+10d03')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 51-cm equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Aug 20 05:00:00 1998 UT Obs. no.: 380
NGC 6803 is a very small planetary nebula (3') in Aquila. We observed this object at 127 (25mm University Optics MK-70) and 302x (16.8mm Orion MegaVista). Using high power and an O-III filter to cause the nebula to "blink" aided in its identification.
Comet (Comet , est. mag 3.0, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: John Callender (e-mail: jbc@west.net, web: http://www.west.net/~jbc/)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Wed Feb 5 13:55:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 57
Hale-Bopp was easy to the naked eye at 0555 local time. Estimated to be the same brightness as zeta Aql, at mag 3.0. In 7x50s Hale-Bopp had an obvious pseudonucleus with a small coma and a uniform, short, fan-shaped tail. By the end of the observation (about 0605 local time) it was getting difficult to detect the comet with the naked eye.
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