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Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -5, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Orange, California, United States of America
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Feb 6 02:45:00 2022 UT Obs. no.: 2327
Just for the record, my old markd_s@yahoo.com address has been "gone" for many years but I do have smark590@aol.com instead. Being that the local weather is completely clear, I once again sighted the ISS as it passed from the Westnorthwest and then close to the Waxing Crescent Moon toward the South. There will be another opportunity to see it again tomorrow evening.
Sun (Sun, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm equatorial reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Feb 25 17:05:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2230
Early this afternoon, I was able to observe growing Sunspot complex Sunspotter Solar Telescope. This spot is growing a lot however it's also going to exit the sun's face in a few days.
Mars (Planet, est. mag -2, est. to be in Pisces)
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: Mon Nov 23 23:45:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2219
Last evening, my brother Anthony & I observed several objects beginning with two planets. Even though Mars is now shrinking in size, we were still able to see several land features. The north polar hood is still very obvious. We also viewed so called Dwarf Planet Ceres which looked like a tiny blue orb. We managed to observe edge on galaxy NGC7331. It had a bright core with faint wings along side it. We also viewed globular cluster M15, several open clusters & eleven double stars. Finally, this morning, we observed the sun with our solar equipment. There were three sunspot groups on the sun & they were impressive. Both of us have pictures of the sun on our FB pages.
Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Pisces)
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: Thu Oct 15 01:15:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2207
For the last two evenings, I've been observing Mars with my 5.1" short tube Newtonian Reflector. The blue white North Polar Hood is still very obvious & I also saw some dark markings on Mars' surface again. Last Night, I also viewed the Pleiades & the Hyades open clusters with low power. There are many interesting double stars within each cluster & it will take me time to closely look at each double during the coming weeks.
Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 5.1-mm refractor Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Oct 7 01:45:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2201
This evening, I observed Mars with my 5.1 Newtonian Short Tube reflector. One again I was able to see dark albedo features as well as the North Polar Hood. I also saw the ISS go over my house It was quite a doubleheader.
Uranus (Planet, est. mag 5.9, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Feb 27 00:00:00 2017 UT Obs. no.: 1999
This evening, my brother Anthony, my friend Joe & I observed the conjunction of Mars & Uranus in the western sky, with Venus also being nearby. It was a great grouping of all three planets.
Moon (Moon, est. to be in Pisces)
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: Wed Oct 8 10:45:00 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1933
Lunar Eclipse in the Southwest is reddish enough to see.
Uranus (Planet, est. mag 5.8, est. to be in Pisces, Est. RaDec 0 15 50.21 0 52 54.1)
Observer: alex mataringa (e-mail: melhonar@gmail.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: prilipeti, banat, romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Aug 18 22:30:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1870
Uranus in Pisces, mag. 5.8, 3.7 arcsec.Stellar aspect, bluish.Moon at 84%.
Jupiter (Planet, est. mag =2.9, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 8-inch refractor Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Oct 13 01:15:00 2010 UT Obs. no.: 1860
This evening, I along with my brother Anthony and my friends Steve Borer and Mike Recchia took a ride to Yale's Leitner Observatory to observe the sky with their 8" refractor. We observed Jupiter and still its South Equitorial Belt is mostly gone. We also observed M31, M57, the double double and Albreo. We also enjoyed a nice planetatium show. It was a perfect night indeed.
Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.9, est. to be in Pisces)
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: Sat Oct 9 01:30:00 2010 UT Obs. no.: 1859
Last evening, during halftime of the UCONN vs Rutgers football game, I observed Jupiter and Uranus with my 127mm MAK. Jupiter's North Equitorial belt and The North temperate Belt were very prominent last night with festoons appearing on the NEB. The South Equitorial Belt is still almost invisible with only a trace amount showing. I can't see the South Temperate Belt at all. Finally, the South Polar Hood is more pronounced than The North Polar Hood. As for Uranus, all I can see is a plain white disc with no sign of its usual bluegreen color. Thus the disapearance of Jupiter's SEB and the disapearance of Uranus' bluegreen color continue to baffle me.
Satellite (Satellite, est. to be in Pisces)
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: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Dec 13 02:22:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1807
Skymed 1 made a good pass over and was observed going South from the Zenith.
Mars (Planet, est. mag -.5, est. to be in Pisces)
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: Sun Jul 8 07:30:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1678
Early this morning I observed Mars with my 127mm MAK. It appears to me the global dust storm on Mars may be starting to weaken. The bright yellow color on Mars is not as bright yellow with my scope or with my naked eye. I also see tinges of light orange on the planet now. Make no mistake the dust storm is still going strong. We will see if it continues to weaken. I also observed the sun this morning with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. A brand new sunspot, #963 has just emerged from the sun's east limb. This spot looks like it could possibly send out a CME in the next few days. We'll see what happens then also.
Moon (Moon, est. mag -5, est. to be in Pisces)
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 Mar 1 23:45:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1502
This evening, my friend, Joe Cseh and I observed the two day old crescent moon. The earthshine was very bright. With our naked eyes, we were able to easily see the dark areas of the moon. The best earthshine occurs from March to June.
M74 (Galaxy, in Pisces)
Observer: Vedran vrhovac (e-mail: vedran_vrhovac@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 10 02:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1282
Large and dim galaxy. Galaxy apeared to me like round nebula about 8 - 10' in size.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Pisces)
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: Mon Mar 14 23:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1182
This evening, Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike and I observed Mercury at high power. Mercury is now a little more than half lit as it continues to wax. At about 200X we were able to see a little albedo shading near the north polar region. We were not able to see any albedo shading on any other part of the planet.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.1, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Milford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Mar 13 23:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1181
This evening, My friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer, and I observed Mercury with binoculars. Our best views of Mercury were with Steve's 12-30X50 zoom binoculars. When we looked at Mercury at 30X, we could see that it was about 50% lit. Also, in binoculars, Mercury's color was yellow as compared to the naked eye view in which the color looked rose color.
NGC524 (Galaxy, in Pisces)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jul 18 00:40:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1046
A nice brightish galaxy at 45x.Round,easy to find.
NGC383 (Galaxy Group, in Pisces)
Observer: Giorgos Koronis (e-mail: giorgos.koronis@lies.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Parnon mountain, Greece
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jul 17 00:20:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1042
Faint galaxy in Pisces.At 91x 3 other galaxies in the same field, not identified though.All of them difficult objects better seen with averted vision.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Mar 29 23:50:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 979
I stopped at the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's Naylor Observatory on Monday evening briefly to capture Mercury on silicon. The speedy planet was at its maximum eastern elongation of 18.9 degrees. It was clearly evident fairly high above the western horizon as the evening twilight darkened. The shots I took with a Sony DSC-707 digital camera turned out very well. I then left to attend a Fairview Township meeting. After four years of trying ASH may convince the township to enact a lighting ordinance.After the meeting I returned to witness and image the fantastic double shadow/GRS transit through the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 90-mm refractor Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Mar 29 23:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 976
After my friend Joe Cseh and I observered Venus, we turned his refractor onto Mercury. Like Venus, Mercury's phase also was less than 50%. We noticed a grayish patch on Mercury which was away from the teminator in the northern hemispere. After we finished observing Venus and Mercury, we then enjoyed looking at the five naked eye planets and the moon all lined up in the sky.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.1, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Mar 29 00:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 978
The line-up of the five naked-eye planets was splendid from north of Harrisburg on Sunday evening. Mercury was near its maximum eastern elongation and was rather easy to see. Maura Smith and I observed the "event" through binoculars. To the east the Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus were quite prominent as the sun was setting.
Other (Other, est. mag 6.3, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 80-mm binoculars Location: Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Tue Mar 23 00:40:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 973
As I admired the ghostly looking Earthshine on Monday evening I noticed that a star in Pisces was soon going to be occulted. As it turned out 6.3 magnitude ZC 247 was covered by the Moon about 25 minutes later. Another star or two were also due to be occulted according to Starry Night Pro but I had to depart before that happened.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.85, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 80-mm binoculars Location: Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Tue Mar 23 00:15:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 972
I took my Celestron 20x80's to the top of a nearby hill to view the two day old crescent Moon and the five naked-eye planets on a very cold Monday evening. The arc of the ecliptic was plain to see with speedy Mercury (-0.85 magnitude) near the western horizon and the Moon (-9.23 magnitude) to the left and above followed by brilliant Venus (-4.31 magnitude), Mars (1.33 magnitude) just to the east of M45, Saturn (0.02 magnitude) residing in the feet of Gemini, and lordly Jupiter (-2.45 magnitude) rising with Leo. I also spent a few moments looking at M45, M42, NGC 1981, M44, M41, the Double Cluster, and the Alpha Persei Association with my big binocular.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.3, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Mar 22 23:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 969
This evening, a little before sunset, I took my 10X50 binoculars outside and mounted them so I could observe Venus. This is about the time Venus is supposed to be half lit. In my binoculars, Venus did look about 50% lit. Using only bimoculars, it was impossible to tell if Venus was exactly half lit. Later as it got dark, I was able to enjoy a beautiful naked eye view of all five naked eye planets and the crescant moon.
Mars (Planet, est. mag 1.0, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 5-inch refractor Location: Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Feb 26 02:20:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 952
I observed the near occultation of the Moon and Mars on Wednesday evening with a 5" f/5 achromatic finder scope and an Edmund Scientific Astroscan and 17mm Ploessl from the Naylor Observatory. I also photographed the event, which was featured on Wednesday's Stardate episode (http://www.stardate.org/radio/program.php?f=today - which will be archived after Wednesday), through the 5" using eyepiece projection and a 32mm Brandon from 2:55 to 3:05 UT. Mars was 0.84 degrees north-northwest of the Moon at 02:00 UT.
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