Friday, September 17, 2010

Observation 9/16/10

I was walking around my development at night at approximately 10:10 pm.  The Moon had just started to become more and more (waxing) gibbous. The outline of the unlit Moon has been completely lost as opposed to being very visible during its crescent phases.

Due to poor lighting now many stars were visible, if any. It was very difficult to find any significant constellations or asterisms. However, the part of the sky that specifically stood out to me was the Milky Way.  It was extraordinarily bright and clear, extremely visible from where I was standing. 

Hopefully there will be better conditions in nights to come so I can start to find specific stars.

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