After the NOVA lesson about the Moon, we congregated in the Science Centre's north parking lot, east edge. Denis had his giant binos on an Orion mount. I mounted my cheapo binos on my cheapo DIY bino clamp on my monster tripod.
Moon was at first quarter. The craters in the south hemisphere were pronounced in long shadows.
I caught a star just above, to the left, about 11 o'clock position, about 2 to 3 moon diameters away, and asked NOVA class participants if they could see it. I encouraged them to note it in their logs...
Jupiter was too low now. Too bad.
We could see some stars. But it was a little foggy. Seeing below an altitude of 15° was very poor. Vega was visible. In binos, we could see ε (epsilon) Lyra, or at least the main pair of the Double Double. I could see Deneb easily and a couple of other stars of Cygnus. Tried for Albireo. But I'm not sure if I got it. Pat spotted the Great Square directly overhead. With that we could see parts of the Andromeda constellation, Cassiopeia, Perseus. I tried to spot The Big Dipper so to view Mizar and Alcor. But it was completely fogged out.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
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