Wednesday, May 23, 2012

observations for q4


Time: dusk-12:00

Place: Atlanta, Ga.
Sky Conditions: Clear and very dark. No moon or much ambient light.

Instruments Used: Eyes.

Planets: Venus, Mars, Saturn.

Bright Stars noted: Spica, Rigel, Castor, Pollux, Antares, Arcturas,

Constellations noted: Scorpius, Virgo, Bootes, Hydra(sorta), Corvus, Leo, Ursa Major/Minor. I know that: Crater, Sextans, Canes Venatici, Antlia, Cancer, and a few other constellations were in the sky but were hard if not impossible to actually see and identify.

Other: It was a very cool thing to be able to see the winter sky falling in the west, knowing just about all of the spring sky that took up most of the sky and then being able to look east around midnight and see my favorite constellations, the summer ones, rising and taking center stage.


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