Observations of objects of type "Planet"

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Observations of objects of type "Planet":

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: Thu Nov 28 10:15:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2124

This evening, I observed the gathering of the crescent moon, Venus & Jupiter. Venus was just below the moon while Jupiter was off to the lower left. It was a fine sight in my binoculars.

This evening, my brother Anthony & I observed the close encounter of Venus & Jupiter in the western sky. Both planets were side by side & about 2.5 degrees apart. To the upper left of them was Saturn which will have its own close encounter with Venus on & around December 10th.

Mercury (Planet)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Nov 11 13:00:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2122

This morning, my brother Anthony & I observed the transit of Mercury across the sun's face with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. We were able to watch Mercury until it reached the center of the sun but then the clouds rolled in. It was a great morning of viewing.

Uranus (Planet, est. mag 5.8)
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 Oct 15 03:45:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2121

This evening, I observed the close encounter between the moon & Uranus with my 10X50 binoculars. Uranus was about three degrees to the upper right of the moon. That was my first ever observation of Uranus & the moon together in the sky.

Saturn (Planet, est. mag .2, 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 Aug 12 03:00:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2117

This evening I enjoyed the close encounter between Saturn & the moon. They were about three degrees apart.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.2, est. to be in Scorpius)
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 Aug 10 03:50:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2116

Last evening, as I returned from work, I was able to enjoy the close conjunction of Jupiter & the moon. They were about two degrees apart with Jupiter being on the moon's lower right. In a few days, the moon & Saturn will be in the sky together.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.3, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
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: Sun Jul 21 02:05:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2114

This evening, I attempted to observe Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt with my mounted 10X50 binoculars. At first all I could see was the disc of Jupiter but no NEC. I then removed my eyeglasses and this time I was easily able to see the NEC. For the fun of it, I put my glasses back on and no NEC could be seen. I will always use my binoculars without my eyeglasses from now on.

Saturn (Planet, est. mag .5)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye   Location: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: severe   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Jul 16 01:00:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2111

Last night, while attending a minor league baseball game, we were able to watch the moon & Saturn rise together about two degrees apart. Now that's a doubleheader.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
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 14 01:50:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2110

This evening, my brother Anthony & I viewed the moon & Jupiter just 3 degrees apart with Anteres bing a little farther away to the lower right of them. It was quite a sight.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.6, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
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 16 03:30:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2109

Last evening, I viewed the close encounter of Jupiter & the moon. There were a lot of clouds, but I was still able to enjoy it.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.5)
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: Tue May 21 03:25:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2107

This evening, I observed the close encounter of the moon & Jupiter. They were about three degrees apart with Jupiter being to the upper right of the moon.

Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2.3)
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 27 09:21:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2099

Yesterday, before dawn, I observed the close conjunction of Jupiter & the moon. They were about two degrees apart. I then went back to sleep.

Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.1)
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: Tue Feb 26 23:20:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2095

This evening I observed Mercury with my 10X50 binoculars. To my shock, I saw the half phase of Mercury almost lying partially on its back. To confirm what I saw. I looked at the current phase of Mercury online after I came back inside. Sure enough, I was right. One more thing, was Mercury had an orange appearance.

Venus (Planet)
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 Feb 18 10:35:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2094

Yesterday morning, I observed the close conjunction of Venus & Saturn. They were 1.1 degrees apart & were a beautiful sight in my binoculars, Way to the upper right of these planets was Jupiter. It was a great morning sight.

Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.4)
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: Thu Jan 31 10:45:00 2019 UT   Obs. no.: 2092

This morning I observed the gathering of Venus, the moon & Jupiter. The crescent moon was very close to Venus with Jupiter to the upper right nearby. It was a glorious sight.

For the last two mornings, I have been observing the close encounter of Venus & Jupiter in the southeastern sky before dawn. I noticed Venus Jupiter conjunctions are always more impressive in the morning than during the evening. With that said, there will be another close encounter in the evening between the two planets late this year.

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: Sat Dec 8 00:00:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2081

On Friday evening, my brother Anthony & I observed the close encounter of Mars & Neptune. Neptune was about a third of a degree to the lower right of Mars. My brother took three photographs of the conjunction & they came out very nicely.

Saturn (Planet, est. mag .3)
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 Aug 30 00:15:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2073

This evening, I did some binocular observing of the area around the star Aquilla. The most interesting star I viewed was directly above Aquilla. This star was a yellow orange star that has entered old age. I also observed the area around Deneb. I saw plenty of faint stars around Deneb which were part of the Milky Way. Finally, I mounted my binoculars so I could observe Saturn. It's always nice to look at Saturn's rings.

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.

Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.6)
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 Jul 16 00:15:00 2018 UT   Obs. no.: 2064

This evening, my brother Anthony, my friend Mike & I observed the close conjunction of Venus & the two day old crescent moon. We were able to spot Venus before sunset & through binoculars, we could clearly see Venus in the waning gibbous phase. It was a great scene.

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