Sunday, November 7, 2010

Observation 11/7/10--World Wide Star Count

Tonight, I did the World Wide Star Count Activity. I viewed the sky from my driveway in Sarasota at about 9:00 pm.  Using the W2U/UCAR Geocoder, I found out that I was viewing from a spot that has a latitude of 27.28899, and a longitude of -82.4683. I could not see the moon from my location, but I did see a fair amount of stars.  I was able to distinguish the summer triangle, and from that I could identify the constellation Cygnus.  With a level 3 limiting magnitude, I was able to see the four stars that make up this northern cross.

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