| Observing Location | TotL |
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| Observational Period | 2000-2330 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Clear |
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| Temperature | 74° F |
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| Wind | Calm |
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Wind Chill Effect
Heat Index | ° F |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Barometric Pressure | 30.15" Hg
Steady (4) |
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| KNYC METAR | 022351Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/09 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP208 T02330089 10278 20233 55005 |
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| Feels Like | Warm |
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| Transparency | Very Good
approaching excellent |
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| Seeing | |
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| Instruments | Naked-eye – Charlie
Celestron Outland 8.42 binocular – Charlie
Naked-eye - Peter
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
Peter Tagatac
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The weather tonight was a lot worse than NOAA or any of my other weather resources had predicted. Peter had brought the TelePort but never bothered to set it up. We did a little naked-eye observing but mainly talked since it has been a couple of weeks since we have seen each other..
| Target | Venus |
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| Constellation | Leo |
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| Category | Planet |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100702.2030 EDT |
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Object
Class | Classical Planet |
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| Phase | Waning Gibbous |
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| Elongation | 40.57° |
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| % Illuminated | 70.1% |
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Distance
Light Time
(from Earth) | 1.06 AU
8m 50s |
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Distance
(from Sun) | 0.722 AU |
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| Angular Size | 15.8" |
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| Magnitude | -4.1 |
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| Altitude | 25.42° |
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| Meridian graphic |
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| Comments | Saw it naked-eye at 2030 EDT.
I can’t detect any phase in the binocular.
Later in the evening when Venus dropped into more atmosphere it lit up a ring of haze around it. This effect is very prohounced in the binocular but visible to the naked eye. |
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| Target | Arcturus |
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| Constellation | Boo |
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| Category | Star |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100702.2050 EDT |
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| Comments | Arcturus was the next object to become visible. |
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| Target | Mars |
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| Constellation | Leo |
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| Category | Planet |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100702.2050 EDT |
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Object
Class | Classical Planet |
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| Elongation | 63.09° |
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Distance
Light Time
(from Earth) | 1.81 AU
15m 2s |
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Distance
(from Sun) | 1.62 AU |
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| Angular Size | 5.18" |
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| Magnitude | 1.4 |
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| Central Meridian | 50 ° |
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| Altitude | 31.63° |
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| Meridian graphic |
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| Comments | Mars was next to appear, faint with a slight orange tinge. |
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| Target | Saturn |
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| Constellation | Vir |
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| Category | Planet |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100702.2107 EDT |
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Object
Class | Classical Planet |
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| Elongation | 77.73° |
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Distance
Light Time
(from Earth) | 9.70 AU
1 h 21m |
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Distance
(from Sun) | 9.53 AU |
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| Angular Size | 17.1"x15.2" |
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Ring
Angular
Size | 38.7"x1.5" |
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Ring
Inclination | -2.22° |
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| Magnitude | 1.1 |
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| Altitude | 35.5° |
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| Starry Night Starter graphic |
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| Comments | Saturn was the last of the planets to be seen naked-eye.
I thought I got an indication of rings in the binocular but it doesn’t seem to me that I should be seeing them in an 8x hand-held instrument. |
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| Target | Regulus |
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| Constellation | Leo |
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| Category | Star |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100702.2109 EDT |
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| Comments | I located Regulus (mag 1.36) but had to use the binocular to do it. |
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| Target | Spica |
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| Constellation | Vir |
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| Category | Star |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100702.2117 EDT |
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| Comments | Spica is now visible naked-eye. |
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