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Pluto (Planet)
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 Jun 20 00:39:00 2015 UT   Obs. no.: 1950

A new app came out which shows what it would be like on Pluto at high noon. For me to find out what it's like on Pluto at high noon I had to step out of my condo at 8:39 PM, which was exactly nine minutes after sunset. It is not very bright on Pluto at noon. Even without the app, anyone can get a sense of what it is like on Pluto at noon by stepping outside between eight & ten minutes before sunrise or between eight & ten minutes after sunrise. It is something to behold. One other item, it was New Years Day on Mars yesterday.

Pluto (Planet, est. mag 13.8, est. to be in Ophiuchus, Est. RaDec 17h11m, -13d13')
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 14.5-inch Dobsonian reflector   Location: Mifflintown, PA, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: good   Seeing: good
Time: Mon Jun 2 04:30:00 2003 UT   Obs. no.: 817

One of the many objects that my friend Tony Donnangelo and I observed from a dark site in the Tuscarora State Forest on Sunday night was the planet/Kuiper Belt object Pluto. Pluto was not terribly difficult to see through Tony's Starmaster once it had been positively identified. To the east of Pluto's postion was a diamond-shaped pattern of four faint field stars. A field star to the west when added to the diamond formed an asterism that resembled the constellation Delphinus. Pluto was but a dim speck to the west of that star.

Pluto (Planet, est. mag 13.7)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector   Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate   Transparency: fair   Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jun 8 02:45:00 2002 UT   Obs. no.: 650

Last night, at a local star party, we were able to view Pluto. Pluto was just a very faint nano dot. We also viewed the ring nebula at very high power, but we could not see the central star. Some darker clouds could be seen on Venus.globulars m13, m3 and m92 were very imprssive. It was not a good galaxy night, but we were able to see m87,m82,and m104. the dust lanes of m104 and m82 showed poorly. The highlight of the night was when the international space station, with the shuttle attatched went by. It was as bright as Venus.

Pluto (Planet, est. mag 13.7, est. to be in Ophiuchus, Est. RaDec 16h39m, -10d10)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 17-inch equatorial reflector   Location: Harrisburg, PA, USA
Light pollution: light   Transparency: excellent   Seeing: good
Time: Mon May 10 07:52:00 1999 UT   Obs. no.: 454

Using the finder chart from the March 1999 edition of Sky & Telescope and magnifications of 118, 202, and 259x I located distant Pluto. It was just to the east of a star that is directly on Pluto's orbital path at the May 11 tick mark. I was able to verify this observation by noting the westward change in position of the planet on the following two nights. On 5/12 UT Chris Fenn, a fellow ASH member, tracked down Pluto with his 10" f/10 Meade LX50 and my assistance.

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