Observations made in the constellation Capricornus

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Observations made in the constellation Capricornus:

Sun (Sun, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 10 16:30:00 2022 UT   Obs. no.: 2322

This morning I observed the sun with my solar telescope. Two dark sunspots #2924 are huge & dark. They do not look like they belong to the same group to me because they are not that close to each other. Sunspot # 1925 is not quite as large as the other two spots, but it is impressive & dark in in its own right.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 25-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Aug 26 01:30:00 2021 UT   Obs. no.: 2290

Last evening, my brother Anthony & I went to the Westport Observatory to look at Jupiter in their 25" Dobsonian & Saturn in their 14" Schmidt Cassegrian reflector. Saturn showed its North Equitorial Belt very nicely with the Cassini Division also showing well. Titan, Rhea & one other moon were also out. Jupiter showed four belts including The NEB, NTB, SEB & STB. Three of its four moons were also out last night. We also put the 14" on Alberio & the blue & yellow stars were beautiful. Finally, The Chinese space station passed overhead & it was about first magnitude.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch equatorial reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Aug 25 03:30:00 2021 UT   Obs. no.: 2289

Last evening, I observed Saturn & Jupiter with my Newtonian Reflector. Jupiter's NEB is definitely brighter than its SEB. Its four moons were three on one side & one on the other side. I also observed the sun this morning & I was able to see one sunspot on it.

Saturn (Planet, est. mag -.2, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-inch equatorial reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Aug 23 03:30:00 2021 UT   Obs. no.: 2288

I just finished observing Saturn with my 5" Newtonian reflector. Saturn's rings showed up very nicely.

Jupiter (Planet, est. to be in Capricornus)
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: Sun Aug 22 04:15:00 2021 UT   Obs. no.: 2285

Clear sky in the Southeast with the Moon passing.

Saturn is barely visible close to the brighter one in the SW before 6pm PST.

Saturn (Planet, est. mag .5, est. to be in Capricornus)
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: Wed May 13 08:00:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2153

Early this morning, I observed another close encounter of the moon, Jupiter & Saturn for the second morning in a row. This time Jupiter was about four or five degrees slightly above & right of Saturn. The moon was about six or seven degrees slightly low & to the left of Saturn. It was an enjoyable sight.

Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.8, est. to be in Capricornus)
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: Sat Jul 21 05:05:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2068

During the last two nights, I observed both Mars & Saturn with my mounted 10X50 astronomy binoculars. Saturn looks like a mini flying saucer in my binos. The rings seem attached to Saturn. Now that Mars is at its closest, I am able to see some surface detail on Mars' face. Now that the dust storm is dying down, I was able to notice a dark red area of Mars on its lower left. The upper left of Mars was very bright which tells me there is still dust storm activity there. There was also a dark feature in the center of Mars.

Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.7, est. to be in Capricornus)
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: Sat Jul 21 05:05:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2066

Early this morning, I observed Mars with my 10X50 binoculars. I was able to see the southern ice cap as a little white dot. It almost looked like it was not connected to the planet. Because of the ongoing dust storm. I was not able to see any dark markings on the face of the planet.

Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.6, est. to be in Capricornus)
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: Sat Jul 7 05:15:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2063

Early this morning I looked at Mars to see how the dust storm is going. The color of Mars is still yellow meaning the global dust storm continues unabated. I did see hints of orange & I'm hoping this is a sign that the dust storm may be beginning to die down. We'll have to wait & see.

Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.2, est. to be in Capricornus)
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: Sun Jul 1 03:50:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2062

This morning I viewed the close conjunction of Mars & the waning gibbous moon. Mars is now looking reddish orange again & this tells me the global dust storm on Mars is beginning to wind down. I will check on the planet soon to see if this is true.

Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.2, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jun 27 08:30:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2061

This morning, I looked at Mars to see how the global dust storm is doing. Mars is still bright yellow to the naked eye meaning the dust storm is still widespread. The storm doesn't look like it will be dying down soon.

Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.2, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jun 14 08:35:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2056

Early this morning, I checked the color of Mars due to a huge dust storm that is raging across the whole planet. Sure enough, the color of Mars is yellow Vs its usual reddish orange color. I noticed last week Mars' color was starting to look yellow due to several localized dust storms. Anyone can see this change in Mars with just their naked eyes.

Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.2, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jun 14 08:35:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2055

Early this morning, I checked the color of Mars due to a huge dust storm that is raging across the whole planet. Sure enough, the color of Mars is yellow Vs its usual reddish orange color. I noticed last week Mars' color was starting to look yellow due to several localized dust storms. Anyone can see this change in Mars with just their naked eyes.

Mars (Planet, est. mag 1.6, est. to be in Capricornus)
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: Sun Jun 3 08:30:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2053

Before dawn this morning, I observed the close conjunction of Mars & the moon. Mars was about a degree below the moon & it proved to be quite a sight. This marks the beginning of many to come Mars observations I will be making during the next three months.

Asteroid (Asteroid, est. mag 6.3, est. to be in Capricornus, Est. RaDec 20h.44m.6; -25.34)
Observer: Alex Mataringa (e-mail: melhonar@gmail.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor   Location: Prilipeti, Banat, Romania
Light pollution: none   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 24 19:00:00 2011 UT   Obs. no.: 1876

Minor planet 4 Vesta, in Capricornus, mag.6.3.Spacecraft Dawn in orbit of the asteroid.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.9, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Sep 15 02:15:00 2010 UT   Obs. no.: 1856

Last evening, my brother Anthony and I observed Jupiter and Uranus with my 127mm MAK. The South Equitorial Belt remains almost invisible although we can faintly see it below the high thin cirrus clouds that have covered it. This convinces me the SEC is intact and will show itself as soon as the cirrus clouds above it break up. The North Equirorial Belt is showing some festoons on it and we were also able to see the North Temperate Belt. Once again Uranus' disc seemed devoid of color compared to other years when it was a blue green color. Finally with binoculars, we observd M31 and its companion galaxy M110. It proved to be a very enjoyable night.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Jul 30 04:45:00 2010 UT   Obs. no.: 1853

Early this morning I observed Jupiter and Uranus with my 127mm MAK. The first thing I saw on Jupiter was the absence of the South Equitorial Belt which disappeared some months ago. The North Equitorial Belt is still easily visible. I may have glimpsed the South Temperate Belt which means the high cirrus clouds may be covering the SEB only. I also observed Uranus which is currently three degrees west of Jupiter. It presented a nice disc in my scope. Earlier in the evening my friend Steve and I viewed the gathering of Mars, Saturn and Venus in the western sky. Venus was white, Saturn was yellow amd Mars was orange and this presented a nice contrast in the sky. Finally, I looked down and saw the earth which brought my total planet count for the overnight period to six. Very enjoyable.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.4, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Oct 29 23:30:00 2009 UT   Obs. no.: 1835

Last evening I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK and 12mm Televue Eyepiece. When I put the scope on Jupiter, I found Jupiter's moon Io right next to Jupiter. After watching for 15 Minutes, Io disappeared behind Jupiter. I haven't seen that happen in a long time.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.8, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Aug 14 02:30:00 2009 UT   Obs. no.: 1830

This evening my friend Steve Borer and I observed Jupiter through Steve's 6" Dob. Besides the North and South Equitorial Belts, the South Temperate belt was very easily seen. It now looks like a pencil line across the southern hemisphere of Jupiter. We were also able to observe the great red spot. I think the scientific community should call it the great tan spot because it looks so tan. This was my first view of the GRS this year and I hope to observe it again very soon.

Neptune (Planet, est. mag 7.8, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Jul 15 03:30:00 2009 UT   Obs. no.: 1828

This evening I observed both Jupiter and Neptune with my 127mm MAK and 12mm Televue eyepiece. The highlight on Jupiter was a shadow transit on the face of Jupiter by one of Jupiter's moons, probably Europa. The moon's shadow was almost embedded in Jupiter's festoons of Jupiter's North Equitorial Belt. I also took a peak at Neptune which is just above Jupiter. Neptune was a small pale green disk and I wasn't able to see any features on Neptune.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.7, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: good
Time: Fri Jul 10 03:00:00 2009 UT   Obs. no.: 1827

Last evening I observed Jupiter with my 127mm MAK and 12mm Televue eyepiece. The first thing I noticed was the South Equitorial Belt was split in two just like rail tracks. The rail track effect occurs in one section of the SEB and this has been going on for a number of years. On the North Equitorial Belt there were a number of Festoons on it. The NEB also looks darker than the SEB. The North Temperate Belt is quite easy to see and it looks like a pencil line going across. I also noticed the South Polar Hood is very extensive and dark. This contrasts with the North Polar Hood as being pale and small in area coverage. In addition to three of Jupiter's moons being visible, the 5th magnitude star Mu Capricorni was close by and added to the scene. Finally, because of the close proximity of the moon, I was not able to observe Neptune which is close to Jupiter this month. Once the moon is out of the way, I will be able to also observe Neptune also.

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