Type: Open Cluster NGC 884 2h 22m 57s R.A. +57 9'7"

21h 27m 3s R.A. -15 19' 14" Declination @ 10:12pm

19h 50m 47.0s R.A. +08° 52' 06" Declination

Triple Star System

6h 45m 9s R.A. +23 51' 28" Declination @ 12:41 am

5h 55m 10.3 R.A. +7 24' 25.4" Declination - About to go supernova...

5h 35m 29s R.A. -5 19' 41" Declination

Targeted and set R.A. Clock.
Vega - Bright Blue star in Lyra. Approx 26 Lightyears away
"Hotter than sun"

8:00 pm - Painter Hall Telescope

4 Moons Visible. 1 Falling behind Planet, bottom right (top left in telescope).
Dust Clouds clearly visible.
"Lock the scope"

Sky - Clear
Moon - Full
Humidity - 60% (est)

19h 31m R.A. 27 59' Declination
Binary Star System
3.35 Apparent Magnitude
Difficult Find

Bright. Inner core and outer cone well defined.
Tail not visible due to it being behind the comet.
"You can see one bright dot in the middle, then a bright cloud around it"
In Constellation Persius.

Freakin Bright. (Need a filter.)
Stage: Full

Type: Binary Star System
Mag: 2.05
2nd Star really close to parent in eyepeice.

Andromeda Galaxy - M31
(Great Nebula in Orion)
Not as clear as last weeks viewing due to the brightness of the full moon.

100's of stars center. 2 Unique clusters of stars towards center of main cluster. Two triangular shapes located in the center of the cluster.

Calibration

The Moon again

Open Cluster
M45
Not resolved well due to close proximity to the full moon.

The Red Planet. Bright... Not able to resolve features to due brightness of full moon with larges degree eyepiece.

Bright and Orange. Star about to go supernova.
Brightest star in orion.

Main stars of nebula are clear. Nebula cloud not visible.

Holmes Comet again. Same as before.

21h 30m 20s R.A.12 12' 1" Declination
Globular Cluster
Unconfirmed.

Conditions:

65 Degrees.
60% Humidity.
Clear Sky.
Stadium Lights.

Calibration Star
. Detected telescope sag. Down and to the left.
"Its a good night for optical astronomy" - G

No cloud can be seen.
Observed Ori 4 Grouping

Ended due to cloud cover moving in from the south. Good night of view though, none-the-less.

Bright Orange. No Shimmer.

Bright blue
Shimmering, maybe atmospheric disturbance.

Resolved into two groupings of stars; one with 3 and the other with 2 above in the barlow 2x 40 deg lens.

Clear
60% Humidity
Half Moon

Bright, half moon. Behind trees. Field Spotting.

Resolved Nebula Cloud. Cloud appeared to have a blueish hue. Ended early due to cloud cover.
On the UT Painter Hall 9" Refractor cloud can not be seen due to stadium and tower light pollution.

Painter Hall Refractor Telescope night starts at 10:00pm on January 20th, 2008. NOAA predicts a clear evening with a low temperature of 26 degrees.

The next evening of observation will be January 30th, 2008 starting at 10:00pm.

Coffee is Brewing... the temperature is now 32 deg. Change in forcast to a low of 21 deg.

Calibration done on Sirius. Sky is Clear. Moon is almost full. Temperature low will be 23 deg.

Sirius is a bright blue star and was located in the East-South Eastern part of the sky under Orion.

Resolved nebula cloud sharply. Cloud edges and structure visible even with bright moon light near by. 4 stars are grouped closely in the densest part of the nebula cloud.

Rings resolve sharply in the contrast even with an abundance of moon light in the sky. Beautiful on the Painter Hall!!!

Two moons possibly visible on either side of the planet. Planet appears to be yellow in color. Rings are on a perpendicular plane to us.

Binary Star System. Resolved both stars. Both stars appear to be yellowish in nature.

Brightest star in Leo. Located above Saturn tonight. Bright Blue, hot star.

Preasepe or M44 is an open star cluster. Many stars resolved with looking at this open cluster.

Bright! Focused on Capornicus Crater.

Resolved Clear.

Dome is Open. Clear Sky. Humidity approx. 30%. Low 27 deg.

Telescope Calibration - One of the Seven Sisters of Paleades

3h47m29s RA - 24 7'47"

Upper level distortion. Planet's rings turned directly towards us... Not as clear as last Painter Hall viewing.

Cloudy

Meet at the U.T. Painter Hall Telescope for a group viewing tonight.

Fuzzy cloud... clear night

Thursday, 03Sept09 @ 9:00pm (21:00). Painter Hall 9" Refractor Scope. 99% Full Waxing Gibbous Moon. 50% Cloud Cover. Fires in CA might obstruct the view (might also act as a filter for viewing the moon). 30% Chance of Showers. Temps in the lower 70's.