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Saturn (Planet, est. to be in Virgo)
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 May 15 01:45:00 2013 UT Obs. no.: 1889
This evening, my brother Anthony & I observed Saturn in my 127mm MAK. We were able to see one belt on Saturn's northern hemishere. We were also able to see Saturn's moons Titan, Rhea & a third moon which we could not identify.
Moon (Moon, 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: Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 2013 UT Obs. no.: 1888
On the night of 4/15, my friend Joe & I observed a nice triangle in the sky of the crescent moon, Jupiter & Sirius. This triangle covered a large swath of the western sky. A nice sight.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Gemini)
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 Dec 14 03:15:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1887
On Thursday evening, I watched the Geminid Meteor Shower for thirty minutes. I counted five meteors, the brightest being around 0 magnitude & bright yellow. Ultimately, the cold weather forced me back inside.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -1, est. to be in Orion)
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 Oct 21 06:30:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1886
Early in the morning, my friend Joe Cseh & I observered both the Orinid & Taurid meteor showers. The Orinids were fast & faint except three of them which were fairly bright of about -1 magnitude. The Taurids were faint & slow moving. No bright ones were seen. In two hours we observed about 10 Orinid & about 3 or 4 Taurids. We also froze to death.
Venus (Planet, est. mag -4.3, est. to be in Leo)
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: Fri Oct 12 08:55:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1885
This morning I arose early to observe the conjuction of Venus & the crescent moon. The earthshine on the moon was spectacular. It's been a long time since I've seen earthshine like that. I also aimed my 127mm MAK with 12mm Televue Eyepiece on Venus. Venus is now a waxing gibbous. I did manage to see some small dark patches on Venus' dazzling cloud deck. When I finished, I went right back to bed!
Jupiter (Planet, est. mag -2)
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 Oct 6 04:40:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1884
I observed Jupiter with my 127 MAK & 12MM Televue Eyepiece. I recently read an article how Jupiter's North Equitorial Belt has grown bigger & wider so I checked it out myself. The NEB is the largest that I've ever seen it. It's much bigger & brighter than the South Equitorial Belt. Also, The North Temperate Belt is much brighter this year than in other years. I would guess that something going on in Jupiter's northern hemisphere is allowing both the NEB & NTB to show brightly.
NGC869 (Open Cluster, in Perseus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindpsring.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Glenside, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Sep 20 04:30:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1883
Viewed the Double Cluster in Perseus with a Meade UW 2" ep yielding me 40x @ 1.75 degrees FOV. Hundreds of stars down to magnitude 12 or better visible even in moderate to almost severe light pollution. The 2 main knots were clearly visible with a scattering of other individual stars in between and around.
M57 (Ring Nebula) (Planetary Nebula, in Lyra)
Observer: lawrence (e-mail: noreply@gmail.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: east bay, ca, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jul 21 06:05:20 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1882
Appeared as a glowing smudged ball at 45X. Could see the central hole with averted vision. Could not see easily the small spiral galaxy to the left and slightly below the nebula. This galaxy is magnitude 14.8 or so. Try for it at Dark Sky sight
Sun (Sun, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Seeing: good
Time: Wed Jun 6 01:30:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1881
This evening, my friends Dave, Joey, Mike, Cindy, Janice & I observed the Venus Transit with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. The overcast we had all day finally broke up & we all had a glorious view of the Venus Transit. We all noticed a white halo surrounding Venus which may or may not have been Venus' atmosphere. A big bonus was the sun containing about four sunspot groupings which alone was very impressive. We were all very impressed.
Mars (Planet, est. mag -2.2, est. to be in Leo)
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 Feb 27 02:30:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1880
This evening, I observed Mars with 127mm MAK & 12mm televue eyepiece. Mars' north polar icecap has shrunk as Mars' northern hemishere transitions to spring. I was able to see some albedo features which I could not identify. Earlier in the evening I observed the close encounter between Jupiter & the moon with Venus below them. It was a beautiful sight. Mercury also was in the western sky far below Venus but still easy to see. In my 10X50 binoculars Venus looked less than half lit as it heads towards its crscent phase.
Mars (Planet, est. mag -1, est. to be in Leo)
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 Feb 1 04:00:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1879
Last night, my brother Anthony & I observed Mars with my 127mm MAK & 12mm Televue eyepiece. The north polar ice cap is very large & obvious. It will start melting very soon as Mars' northern hemishere enters spring. The only land feature I identified was Syrtis Major. I also thought I saw a polar hood over Mars' south pole.
Moon (Moon)
Observer: AndyS (e-mail: andy@skipole.net, web: http://astronomycentre.org.uk)
Instrument: 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector Location: Todmorden, Yorkshire, England
Light pollution: light Transparency: poor Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Dec 10 16:20:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1878
End of Lunar Eclipse. Low cloud prevented earlier view!!
Moon (Moon)
Observer: Justin (e-mail: justinleetyler@yahoo.com, web: http://www.justinleetyler.com)
Instrument: 7.35-mm binoculars Location: Boston, MA, United States
Light pollution: moderate
Time: Sat Nov 12 01:00:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1877
Mare Tranquillitatis
Asteroid (Asteroid, est. mag 6.3, est. to be in Capricornus, Est. RaDec 20h.44m.6; -25.34)
Observer: Alex Mataringa (e-mail: melhonar@gmail.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: Prilipeti, Banat, Romania
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 24 19:00:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1876
Minor planet 4 Vesta, in Capricornus, mag.6.3.Spacecraft Dawn in orbit of the asteroid.
M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) (Galaxy, in Canes Venatici)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: Prilipeti, Banat, Romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 24 20:20:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1875
M51,the Whirlpool galaxy,like a fuzzy patch,difficult.
M81 (Galaxy, in Ursa Major)
Observer: Alex Mataringa (e-mail: melhonar@gmail.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: Prilipeti, Banat, Romania
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Aug 24 20:10:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1874
M81 galaxy in Ursa Major, oval shape,faint,25 mm eyepiece, in the same field of vue withM82 galaxy.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -8)
Observer: mihai mataringa (e-mail: mihaimataringa@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Constanta, Dobrogea, Romania
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Jul 27 18:14:04 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1873
Satellite Iridium 3, mag.-8, alt.64 degrees;Az.77 degrees (ENE).
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -3, est. to be in Ursa Minor)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Fri Sep 2 03:27:28 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1872
ISS Pass from the Northwest into the East.
Comet (Comet, est. mag 8.5, est. to be in Delphinus, Est. RaDec 20 24.4/17* 39')
Observer: alex mataringa (e-mail: melhonar@gmail.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: prilipeti, banat, romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Aug 18 23:30:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1871
Comet C/2009P1 Garradd,fuzzy spot-like,in Delphinus, no tail observed.
Uranus (Planet, est. mag 5.8, est. to be in Pisces, Est. RaDec 0 15 50.21 0 52 54.1)
Observer: alex mataringa (e-mail: melhonar@gmail.com)
Instrument: 102-mm refractor Location: prilipeti, banat, romania
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Aug 18 22:30:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1870
Uranus in Pisces, mag. 5.8, 3.7 arcsec.Stellar aspect, bluish.Moon at 84%.
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.
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Mickey Davis (e-mail: michael.davis@law.csuohio.edu)
Instrument: Naked Eyes-inch other Location: Clinton, Ct, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Aug 11 01:21:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1868
An intensely bright white light fell vertically from about ten degrees below the outer lip of the Big Dipper, falling about twenty degrees, changing from intense white to an even more intense blue and finally a luminous green before extinguishing about ten degrees above the horizon. Much brighter and larger than any of the Perseids I have seen over the years and much earlier in the evening. Doesn't seem to be a Perseid at all. I don't know how to judge magnitudes but this was the brightest thing in the sky by far.
Saturn (Planet, est. mag 0.5, est. to be in Leo)
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: Fri Mar 25 03:45:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1867
This evening I observed Saturn with my 127mm MAK. I was able to observe one belt on the planet. The rings of Saturn are opening up now but I wasn't able to see the Cassini Division. Finally, I was also able to see Rhea which was close to Saturn.
Sun (Sun, est. to be in Aries)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Time: Thu Mar 24 17:15:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1866
This afternoon I observed the sun with my Sunspooter Solar Telescope. A new sunspot group, #1176 has now appeared. It has already ejected a CME away from earth. Now it remains to be seen if it will send a CME towards Earth, hopefully creating a nice aurora.
Satellite (Satellite, est. mag -2.9)
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 Mar 7 07:30:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1865
This evening, my friends Joe Cseh, his daughter Kim and I watched the Discovery Space Shuttle and the ISS fly right over our heads in tandem. The ISS was much brighter than the space shuttle but both were very easy to see. We also viewed a crescent moon with incredible earthshine. What a double header.
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