Observations of objects of type "Planet"

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Observations of objects of type "Planet":

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Aug 31 02:00:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2189

This evening, My brother Anthony, my friend Joe & I observed Jupiter & Saturn with Joe's 8" scope. In addition to seeing Jupiter's belts, we also viewed the polar hood on Jupiter. It was very obvious. All four moons were out also. We observed Saturn's rings & three of Saturn's moons. We then looked at the moon & the terminator of the gibbous moon was full a craters. It was a great night of viewing.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Sagittarius)
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 Jul 30 01:00:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2182

This evening, my brother Anthony & I observed the Moon, Jupiter & Saturn with my 5.1" short tube reflector. All four of Jupiter's moons were out with three on one side. Jupiter's two main belts showed very well in the scope. Since Saturn was so low, I did see the rings of Saturn but they were blurry. I also viewed Saturn's moon Titan. The Moon's craters & crater rays were really outstanding. It was a very enjoyable evening of observing.

Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.7, est. to be in Taurus)
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: Tue Jul 21 08:30:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2178

This morning before Dawn, I observed Venus & Mars with my 5.1 Short Tube Newtonian. I am still able to see Mars' shrinking ice cap & the red areas of the planet. On Venus, I was able to see dark areas embedded in Venus' cloud bank. With Venus being near the Hyades, I also got to enjoy that view.

Saturn (Planet)
Observer: Nick Ambrose (e-mail: nick.a.ambrose@gmail.com)
Instrument: 130-mm Dobsonian reflector   Location: Woodinville, Washington, United States
Light pollution: light   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Thu Jul 16 01:15:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2174

Able to see spherical object in 25mm eyepiece (25x Magnification) Able to make out rings in 10mm eyepiece (65X magnification) and observe space between planet and rings

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Sagittarius)
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 Jul 6 05:20:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2168

I woke up early this morning & took a quick look at the close encounter between Jupiter & the moon. They were only about three degrees apart & it was quite a site! I couldn't see Saturn because it was still behind the trees.

Mars (Planet, est. mag 1)
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 Jun 15 08:15:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2164

This morning, I got up before dawn to observe Mars. Mars is still in the waxing gibbous phase & its color was very yellow which makes me wonder if a dust event is happening on the planet. The southern ice cap is huge now but will start shrinking until Mars' opposition this fall. About 6 hours earlier, I observed two double stars. The first one to my east was Albereo which impressed as usual & the next one was Regulus in the west. It too was impressive.

Mercury (Planet, est. mag .7)
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: Thu May 21 00:45:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2155

This evening, my brother Anthony, my friend Joe & I observed the close encounter of Venus & Mercury with my 10X50 binoculars. We could easily see the crescent of Venus lying on its back. We were surprised to be able to see the gibbous phase of Mercury with the lighted part also pointing down to the sun. Tomorrow evening both planets will be just one degree apart.

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.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Sagittarius)
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: Tue May 12 07:30:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2152

This morning, before sunrise, I observed the close gathering of the moon, Jupiter & Saturn. The moon & Jupiter were in conjunction with Jupiter a couple of degrees above & left of the moon. Saturn was about three or four degrees to the left of Jupiter. Tomorrow morning, the moon & Saturn will be in conjunction also.

Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.9, est. to be in Taurus)
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 Apr 29 00:15:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2148

This evening, I observed the crescent of Venus with my 10X50 binoculars. Venus' crescent shape was very easy to see with my binoculars. Also, Venus was at its brightest tonight.

Saturn (Planet, est. mag .5, est. to be in Sagittarius)
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: Tue Apr 14 09:00:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2146

Yesterday morning, I observed the moon, Jupiter & Saturn form up together with Mars being left behind to their lower left. I've been enjoying this three planet grouping for a month now & I hope to see some more in the early morning hours.

Mars (Planet, est. mag 1)
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: Thu Apr 2 09:20:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2143

This morning, I got up before dawn to observe the close encounter of Mars & Saturn. Mars was about 1.5 degrees below Saturn with Jupiter about 3 or 4 degrees to the upper right of them. Mars & Saturn seem to be equally bright with Jupiter being much brighter than them. It was a fine scene.

Mars (Planet, est. mag .5)
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: Thu Mar 26 09:20:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2140

This morning, before dawn, my brother Anthony & I got up to view the close gathering of bright Jupiter, Mars & Saturn. On the upper right was Jupiter with Mars two degrees to the lower left & Saturn two degrees left of Mars. I noticed Mars & Saturn are very close to each other in brightness. It was worth getting up for.

Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.9, est. to be in Taurus)
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 Mar 22 00:13:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2139

This evening, I observed the very close encounter between the planet Venus & the ISS. When they were less than half a degree apart, I decided to make brightness estimates of both Venus & the ISS. I was shocked to see the ISS looks about half as bright as Venus does, possibly less than half as bright. I knew Venus would be brighter but I was surprised as to how much Venus was brighter than the ISS.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5)
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 Mar 18 09:35:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2138

Before dawn this morning, I observed the waning crescent moon, Jupiter & Mars form a very close triangle with each other. The moon was at the bottom of the triangle with bright Jupiter one degree to the upper left & dimmer Mars one degree to the upper right of the moon. Mars & Jupiter were also one degree apart. To complete the picture, Saturn was about five degrees to the lower left of the group. It was a sight to see.

Mars (Planet, est. mag 1)
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 Mar 16 09:45:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2137

This morning, I observed the close encounter between Jupiter & Mars, both of which were about two degrees apart. Off the the lower left nearby was Saturn & to the upper right was the waning crescent moon. It was quite a sight.

Venus (Planet, est. mag -4)
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: Fri Feb 28 23:00:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2135

On Friday night, I had the pleasure of observing the close encounter of Venus & the moon. They were several degrees apart, but it still was a nice site.

Neptune (Planet, est. mag 7.9)
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: Thu Jan 30 00:00:00 2020 UT   Obs. no.: 2131

This evening, my brother Anthony & I observed the close encounter between Venus & Neptune with my 10X50 binoculars. Both planets were less than a degree apart. We also observed the region around the Orion Nebula. Just below the nebula was a nice binocular double star while above the nebula was an open cluster. Finally, we once again compared the magnitudes of Betelgeuse & Bellatrix to see if Betelgeuse is continuing to dim. It looks like Betelgeuse is holding at slightly brighter than Bellatrix so it looks like betelgeuse has stopped dimming for now.

Venus (Planet, est. mag -3.9)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Dec 11 10:30:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2125

This evening, my brother Anthony & I observed two conjunctions. First we observed Venus & Saturn two degrees apart from each other. Saturn was to the upper right of Venus. We then observed the full moon & Aldebaran about three degrees from each other. Aldebaran was to the right of the moon. Hows that for an astronomical doubleheader?

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