Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Observation 2.2

Date: November 7,9,10,11, 2007
Time: 6:30 to 9:00 (30 minutes total each night)
Place: 720 Ablee RD (27°07'32.72" N 82°27'53.95" W)
Sky Conditions: Clear Skies
Instruments: Naked Eye, Some Binoculars

Planets: Jupiter

Noted Stars: Deneb, Vega, Altair, Polaris

Noted Constellations: Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Cepheus, Cygnus, Aquila, Lyra, Perseus, Peagasus, Ursa Minor, Draco

Deep Sky Objects/ M-objects: M45(Pleiades)

Other: 17P/Holmes Comet

It was pretty amazing that I could find these objects by myself. It's also pretty incredible how large M45 is, which makes it very easy to find. As of now, M45 is the easiest object for me to find. I could easily see 6 stars with my naked eyes, but when I used my binoculars I could see many, many more. It's also pretty cool that you can still see Holmes Comet, although it does seem that Holmes Comet has become more faint.