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Mars (Planet, est. mag 4, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Feb 20 03:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1498
Viewed Mars and the Pleadies with the binos. At 15x they appeared in the same FOV. Mars ruddy red color was still very bright and I could just about make out that it was still a disk and not just a pinpoint (like a star). The Pleadies yeilded about 6 dozen stars tonight. Many more could be seen through the scope.
Moon (Moon, est. mag -5, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: 70-mm binoculars Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jan 9 23:45:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1463
Tried to view the occultation of the Pleadies but missed it by about an hour. I did not realize that it would be going on about the time I got home from work (or even earlier). I know the Pleadies will be occulted at least one more time later on this year. I guess I will have to keep an eye on the occulatation alittle closer.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.nightskyinfo.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: No location given
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Oct 10 23:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1360
M 1, the Crab Nebula, is a supernova remnant in Taurus. At 36x is very spectacular, one of the very few deep sky objects that when seen through the eyepiece looks almost exactly like when seen on a photograph. The light is evenly spread and the elongated shape is easily visible.
Mars (Planet, est. mag -1.5, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6 -inch equatorial reflector Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Oct 2 09:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1348
My first viewing of Mars this year. Viewed at 4:00 in the morning. Mars was high overhead approx. 10 degrees off from the Pleadies. Viewing at 203x I could make out Mare Tyrrhenum as a light tan line through the orange-pink disk towards the northern limb. Though the sky was dark and there was not a cloud in the sky, the view flurried in and out of focus evry few seconds from turbulence. I will keep a close eye on Mars in the next few weeks.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Oct 1 01:10:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1409
Though there was very little or no light pollution, we could not see the crab nebula without averted vision because of haze and a little bit of fog.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Akarsh Simha (e-mail: akarsh_simha@fastmail.fm)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Sep 16 22:55:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1326
A hazy patch of nebulosity near the star Zeta Tauri. The SNR (SuperNova Remnant) is quite faint, but very large: Probably as large as M27 (The Dumbbell Planetary Nebula) but much fainter: nearly twice as faint as M27. Under the city viewing conditions, it was hardly visible and required averted vision to reveal a large irregular patch of light. Best at 100x or so on a 8" f/8 Newtonian Reflector. When I've seen it earlier from the countryside (A nearby village by name Shivanahalli), I saw a little more detail, but since I had just began this hobby, I couldn't appreciate it much. I just remember seeing a patch of fairly bright light.
Mars (Planet, est. mag -1.5, est. to be in Taurus)
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 7 04:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1304
Early this morning, I observed Mars with my 127mm MAK. Mars is now about 90% waxing gibbous. Syrtis Major was very easily seen this morning. The north polar hood now has a bluish tinge to it. The south polar ice cap is now diminishing in size as summer appraches the martian southern hemisphere. I also took a look at the pleides open star cluster. I was able to see some wisps of nebulosity around only the brightest of the pleides' stars.
M45 (Pleiades) (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
Observer: Jon Yimin (e-mail: jcy123@psu.edu)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Sep 4 07:01:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1301
The seven sisters were looking great. Even though I am in the middle of town, the OCL was absolutely beautiful. However I did not see any signs of nebulosity.
M45 (Pleiades) (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1155
M 45 (Pleiades cluster) - A large number of stars visible in the eyepiece. Best seen with the finder scope.
NGC1647 (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
Observer: Emil Neata (e-mail: forvert2000@yahoo.com, web: http://www.astroclubul.org/emilneata)
Instrument: 60-mm refractor Location: Craiova, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jan 25 00:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1148
- Faint, 25 stars scattered in the field.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 3.5, 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: Mon Jan 10 23:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1141
This evening,I observed Comet Machholz with my 10X50 binoculars. The comet is now rather large in binoculars. The core itself looks fuzzy and large. I can faintly see both tails leaving the the comet in different directions. The ion tail is the longer tail of the two tails but it looks to me like the tail is less than one degree long.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 3.8, est. to be in Taurus)
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 Jan 1 23:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1139
This evening, after eating three dishes of lasagna for my New Years dinner, I observed Comet Machholz with my 127mm MAK and my 10X50 binoculars. Tonight, I was not able to see any tails on the comet because of less than ideal viewing conditions. Since many people have been reporting the comet's color as green, I decided to see if I could see any color. The best I could tell was that the comet looked greyish green to me. Even when I observed the comet with my friends 13" dob the other day, the comet still looked greyish green to me. The comet will continue to brighten until mid Jan. A bright comet and lasagna, what a start to the new year.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 3.8, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 13-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1137
This evening, my friends, Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed Comet Machholz with Mikes 13" dob. At high power, the comet's bright core was still fuzzy looking. What looked like a bright steller looking core turned out to be a star the comet was passing by. This means the comet has only one bright spot in its head. In binoculars, the comet's ion tail is just barely visible. It looks to be about half a degree long. Finally, we can now see the comet naked eye with no trouble. The comet will continue to brighten for the next two weeks. Next we put the scope on the Orion Nebula. The nebula was greenish in color with just a hint of red tinge in it.We also examined the nebulae around the belt stars of Orion and the stars of the Pleiades open cluster. In both cases, the blue stars made the nebulae around them have a bluish tinge. Finally, we observed Saturn. The South Equitorial Belt contines to show well as does the Cassini Division. However, the south polar cap continues to look much lighter in color than it did last year.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 4.0, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 28 02:10:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1136
Tonight, I observed Comet Machholz with my 10X50 binoculars. Despite the bright moonlight, I could see the comet very easily in my binoculars. The steller core is still in the comet's head and the comet continues to brighten. I think the comet will be naked eye as soon as the moon phase wanes some more.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -4, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Nov 17 07:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1115
Last night, my friends, Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed the Leonid meteor shower from 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM EST. WE saw only about fifteen meteors during that time. We noticed that about ten of the meteors were coming out of Taurus and heading towards Leo. The long lasting Taurid meteor shower was also going on. Most of the Taurid meteors were faint, although one left a smoke trail. The five or so Leonids that we saw were brighter faster and very yellow. As we went back to our car, we did observe a very bright limegreen colored fireball very low in the northern horizon. It was about as bright as Venus or maybe a little brighter.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: 6-inch equatorial reflector Location: Horsham, Pa., USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Oct 16 06:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1077
After some showers in the late Friday afternoon, clouds loomed throughout the majority of the night. At about midnight they started breaking up significantly so that by 1:30 in the morning, all was clear. Orion had already risen in the south and was slightly above the treelines. Taurus was further above so I deicided on M1 as my primary target. Spotting it was easy as it was in close proximaty (about 1 degree NW) of Zeta in the bull. It appeared as a faint s-shaped smudge when observed. However, the longer I watched it, the more prominent the shape was recognizable. Also viewd M31, M35, M42 and M43 as well as M45.
Moon (Moon, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri May 21 00:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 999
Tonight, my friends Dave, Steve, Mike and I got to view a very slender one day old crescent moon. It was quite a sight. As the earth shine set in, we were able to glimpse certain mares of the moon rather easily.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.4, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Fri May 14 01:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 995
My friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed Venus at 90X. We all were stunned because we were observing the ashen light I believe. I will describe what we saw. The slender crescent was obvious, but we also saw the dull glow of the night side of Venus nestled within the crescent. It looked like a much smaller version of a crescent moon with plenty of earthshine. The more we looked, the easier it was to see. The ashen light, if thats what it was, looked burnt orange in color. Another puzzling thing was the lower in the horizon Venus got the easier it was to see this glow. This makes me wonder if the atmoshere was playing tricks on us. Anyway, this is easily my most memorable observation of Venus ever.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.5, est. to be in Taurus)
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: Wed May 5 00:15:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 990
Last night, my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed Venus at high power. Venus is now a crescent and it is showing signs of developing cusps.The dark areas we've been seeing for the last several weeks in the northern hemispere have now disappeared. We also turned our attention to Saturn at high power. The south equitorial belt showed about as well as I have ever seen it. The Cassini division was also outstanding.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.4, est. to be in Taurus)
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 23:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 975
This evening, my friend Joe Cseh and I took out his refractor to observe Venus. Venus' phase has shrunk to less than 50%. There was a very dark area in the clouds of Venus' northern hemispere which started at the terminus just above the equitorial region and extended two thirds the way to the limb slightly diaganaly. This dark region looked very black in my friend's scope.
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus, Est. RaDec --)
Observer: Balasubramanian ramkumar (e-mail: mrclearsky@rediffmail.com)
Instrument: 13.8-cm equatorial reflector Location: chennai, TN, india
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 18 17:25:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 923
I searched for more than an hour, it in the end it was under my very eye. So dull and dim it was that i couldn't recognise it in my first attempt. I got it in 5 or 6 trials. But, nothing in this region can defeat its beauty, glory and awe.
M45 (Pleiades) (Open Cluster, in Taurus)
Observer: Alan D Forester (e-mail: forester16@earthlink.net)
Instrument: 10-inch equatorial reflector Location: Sebring, Florida, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 19 01:38:11 2003 UT Obs. no.: 913
good seeing in Fl this time of year, with the cool fronts coming thru I can see m45 very clearlyUsing the nebulae filter adds to the viewing. tonight I plan to se how many leonoids comr thru!!!!!!!!!
M1 (Crab Nebula) (Bright Nebula, in Taurus)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: excellent Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Oct 23 09:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 705
I went after the Crab Nebula with a bright moon in the sky using the OIII filter. I thought I would at least be able to confirm a visual, but was uncessful. Dark skies,Paul
Venus (Planet, est. mag -3.9, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 80-mm refractor Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon May 6 01:30:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 645
I took some photographs of the massing of planets on Sunday evening (2002/5/6 UT), this time from a high vantage point very close to my residence. After I finished my shutterbugging I had the unique and memorable experience of viewing three planets (Venus, Mars, and Saturn) simultaneously through a telescope, namely my Orion ShortTube 80 at 13x (30mm Celestron Ultima)! Dave Mitsky Harrisburg, PA
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.3, est. to be in Taurus)
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 May 4 01:15:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 644
On Friday evening (2002/5/4 UT) I had the good fortune to observe a very unusual event, i.e., seeing a planet and a comet at the sametime through a telescope. C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya) and Mercury were visible in the same field of view using the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain (144 and 202x) at the ASH Naylor Observatory (http://www.astrohbg.org). The comet (magnitude 5.7) was approximately 5' away from Mercury (magnitude 0.3) at the time andhad a fairly bright coma that was similar to Mercury in apparentsize. I could see no hint of a tail but the sky was still fairly bright at the time and both objects were not far from the horizon so that was no surprise. (Comet Utsunomiya was barely visible through the 5" f/5 finder scope.) A number of fellow ASH members and I also saw what may have been a fuel dump from an Ariane 4 rocket that carried the Spot 5 satellite into a polar orbit shortly before 02:00 UT. A "cloud" appeared suddenly from nowhere near the head of Draco and began to expand. Another comet, C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang), was prominent at 162x in the general vicinity.The planetary alignment was a sight to behold and to photograph. I used my venerable Pentax K-1000 to capture the cosmic scene. Venus, Mars, and Saturn formed a compact triangle that easily fit into the field of view of my Meade 8x42's. Although the transparency was not ideal, numerous deep-sky objects were viewed through the 17" and the 12.5" f.6.5 Cave Newtonian. I showed some new members the galaxies of Markarian's Chain in theheart of the Virgo Cluster along with some of the better late spring globular clusters such as M5 and M80, some binary stars (the other Double Double - Struve 2470 and 2474 - was popular), and the carbon stars T Lyrae and V Aquilae. Magnifications employed ranged from 118 to 259x.
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