Nov 18th Star Gazing Session
On November 18th at the star gazing session at Pine View, the moon was waxing crescent and was fairly bright, making the sky to the South slightly harder to see. Rising around the NE was Jupiter which appeared very bright. When we viewed it through the telescope, we could see all four moons and the weather bands.
We identified many constellations and tried to see a very bright satellite which was supposed to be passing overhead. We thought we saw the satellite but it turned out to be a plane.
Through our binoculars, we viewed the coat hanger cluster along with a few other clusters and binary stars.
Through the telescopes we saw, in addition to Jupiter's moons and weather bands, the "double double" stars. Also, we got to move around the hand powered telescope to view the entirety of a star cluster up close.
The sky was very clear that night with no clouds and the trees and buildings blocked the light from Sarasota which helped to increase the darkness and viewing ability.
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