Stars: Mizar-Alcor, Vega, ε1 Lyr, ε2 Lyr, δ1 Lyr, δ2 Lyr, ζ1 Lyr, ζ2 Lyr
Asterisms: Coathanger, Big Dipper
Planets: Jupiter
Constellations: Lyra
Location: Home
Date: 2020-11-10
Time: 6:25 PM - 8:00 PM AST
Equipment: 10x42 IS Binoculars
Temperature: 12° C
SQM: not recorded
Transparency: Good (3)
Seeing: Good (3)
No clouds.
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Mizar & Alcor (in Big Dipper) Located the double star in the handle of the Big Dipper. Here was their orientation to the horizon. |
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Jupiter (in Sagittarius) Ganymede and Europa on one side of the planet with Io and Callisto on |
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Coathanger / Brocchi's Cluster Located the Coathanger using Albireo in Cygnus as the start point. What puzzled me was the change in orientation. What I saw was the orientation on the left, not the usual orientation that I see on the right. Time of night or time of year perhaps have a bearing? |
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Lyra
Time: 6:52 PM AST
Equipment: binoculars
S&T Chart: 63
Easily found Vega in Lyra using binoculars. The double-double (ε1 Lyr & ε2 Lyr) as well as δ1 Lyr and δ2 Lyr were also easily located and observed. I was also lucky enough to see ζ1 and ζ2.