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Neptune (Planet, est. mag 8)
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 Sep 20 00:15:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2296
Despite the almost full moon last night, my brother Anthony & I were able to do some observing last night. We were able to look at more than ten double stars & we viewed Jupiter, Venus, Saturn & Neptune. Jupiter's four belts showed very well along with its four moons. Saturn's rings showed well & we saw its North Equatorial Belt with difficulty. Venus looks about half phase now While Neptune was a tiny orb. When we observed the almost full moon, one crater, Bullialdus, really stood out. It looked like a perfect donut on the bright moon's surface. Tycho crater was also really nice. Finally, The ISS made a pass overhead. Great astronomy even with the full moon.
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.
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.
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.: 2080
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.
Neptune (Planet, est. mag 7.8, est. to be in Aquarius, Est. RaDec 22 07 50 -12 06 33.8)
Observer: mihail mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: prilipeti, banat, romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 17 20:35:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1869
Planet Neptun in Aquarius, mag. 7.82.4 arcsec. stelar aspect,bluish.
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.
Neptune (Planet)
Observer: Paul (e-mail: paul_ohstbucks@msn.com)
Instrument: 12.5-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sun Oct 6 05:00:00 2002 UT Obs. no.: 703
Easy to find in Capricornus. I decided to take advantage of the great seeing and do some high power exploring of Neptune. Noticable bluer and smaller in size than Uranus. And made a positive id on Triton as a tiny point of light quite a bit further away from from the planet as compared to the moons of Uranus.Paul
Neptune (Planet, est. mag 7.8, est. to be in Capricornus)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu, web: http://www.ezonline.com/ash/obs.htm)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Jul 26 06:10:00 1999 UT Obs. no.: 466
After the end of the weekly Sunday night public observing session at the Naylor Observatory I spent some time observing with a new ASH member by the name of Joe Rossi. Our choice of objects was limited by the bright moonlight from a 12-13 day old moon. After viewing the moon at 249 and 324x Joe wanted to see Uranus and Neptune. Using the RASC finder charts in the RASC Observer's Handbook I located Uranus in short order and we inspected the bluish orb at 144, 249, and 324x. Neptune took a bit longer to find but eventually we were able to see this planet's small disk at the same magnifications that we used on Uranus. Neptune was to reach opposition in a few hours (10:00 UT) when it would shine at magnitude 7.8 and have an apparent size of 2.3". We ended the night by observing the excellent binary star gamma Andromedae, M32, M31, and Jupiter.
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