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Dec 282011
3 Dec 2011 Watched Io move around Jupiter and watched the Red Spot appear and transit. The moon was waning gibbous after first quarter so the orion nebula was washed out a bit observed M42 and M43
10 Dec 2011 Watched Io move around Jupiter and watched the Red spot transit. Full Moon in the way of observing anything else. John Callahan got some stills of Jupiter and the Red Spot.
17 Dec 2011 Watched M42 and M43 with deep sky filter and 40mm wide angle eye piece. Watched Io move around Jupiter and Frank Schenck took pictures of the Red Spot.
Summary of Observing with the C16 for December 2011.
Stellar Skies,
Doug Horacek
Resident Astronomer
Von Braun Astronomical Society
Dec 282011
Dec 242011
Check out Beautiful Universe 2012 from Sky & Telescope and see the picture of the recent comet and the asterism Collinder 399, the “Coathanger Asterism”, a wonderful shot of the comet and the “Coathanger Asterism” in the same field of view.
Stellar Skies,
Doug Horacek
Resident Astronomer
Nov 262011
25 November 2011, 23:00-1:00 U.T.
Watched Jupiter’s Moon Europa approach the planet for a transit and later casting a shadow on the face of the planet.
Earlier saw Venus in its gibbous phase and Venus rises in the sky as our evening star.
Last, I showed the Pleiades under low power with my 3.5 inch Orion Refractor and low power wide angle eyepiece to a neighbor, capture most of the bright stars in the cluster.
Although there were a few clouds and there was much light pollution to deal with, it was a moonless night with fairly stable viewing conditions and moderate temperatures.
Observations were made from my condo on Water’s Edge Lane in Madison Town Center.
Doug Horacek
Resident Astronomer
Von Braun Astronomical Society