Planets: Jupiter (in Libra)
Located, Not Observed:
Constellations: Cassiopeia
Asterisms: Big Dipper
Planets: Mars, Saturn
Moon
Location: Bishop's Landing, Halifax (RASC 150 Star Party)
Date: 2018-09-15
Time: 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM ADT
Equipment: 6" Dobsonian Telescope with 10 mm eyepiece
Magnification: x120
Transparency: Very Good (4)
Seeing: Very Good (4)
Temperature: not recorded
SQM: not recorded
A group of RASC Halifax Centre volunteer were on the Halifax waterfront at Bishop's Landing. We were participating in the RASC's 150th anniversary cross-Canada star party. We had over 200 people come visit the numerous telescopes set up on the board walk and despite being downtown Halifax we were able to sow visitors Jupiter and other objects easily seen through the urban light pollution. It was a warm night, no breeze or clouds. Through the telescope, the stripes on the planet appeared diagonal to the horizon. I sketched Jupiter with its moons before it disappeared behind one of the buildings. Ganymede, Callisto and Europa formed a triangle on one side of the planet and Io was alone on the other.
