Friday, September 19, 2014

Observation - September 18th, 2014

Date: September 18th, 2014
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Place: Casey Key Fish House
Sky Conditions: Very cloudy

Instruments used: Binoculars and Meade 10"

Planets: Observed Saturn and Mars through telescope

Bright stars noted: At the zenith, the summer triangle: Vega, Altair, and Deneb; Anatares, very bright and "flickered"

Constellations noted: Scorpius, Sagittarius, and Hercules

Binary stars: None noted

Deep sky objects: None

Other: Observed one of Saturn's moons, Titan, through the telescope; noted Keystone when identifying Hercules

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