Date: October 7, 2010
Time: 12:15 AM
Location: Arbor Street, Mount Vernon, WA
Time: 12:15 AM
Location: Arbor Street, Mount Vernon, WA
The picture below is a replica I made of the sky as I saw it last night (note that East is on the top, West the bottom, etc. because I was not facing North and this way is less confusing for me). The points have been drawn fairly large so that they’re able to be seen.
The most predominant constellation I could see was Ursa Major (labeled a) though I was not able to see all points of the constellation due to Washington’s infamous weather. The azimuth of Ursa Major from my location was about 350 ⁰ (north) and the altitude was about 40⁰.
The only other constellation that I was able to make out was what looked to be pieces of Cetus (labeled b). I was able to see most of the points of the smaller pentagon, the connecting star and the tip of the large pentagon-like shape. The azimuth of Cetus from my location was 180⁰ (south) and the altitude was about 40⁰.
In addition to constellations, I was able to see a fairly bright star which I though could possibly be the bright point on the constellation Cygnus (labeled c) which had an azimuth of 280⁰ (northwest) and an altitude of 65⁰.
Lastly, I saw another bright star close to Cygnus but I think it was too bright to be part of Cygnus and I determined it was a bright point of the constellation Lyra. This star had an azimuth of 285⁰ (northwest) and an altitude of 65⁰.
The most predominant constellation I could see was Ursa Major (labeled a) though I was not able to see all points of the constellation due to Washington’s infamous weather. The azimuth of Ursa Major from my location was about 350 ⁰ (north) and the altitude was about 40⁰.
The only other constellation that I was able to make out was what looked to be pieces of Cetus (labeled b). I was able to see most of the points of the smaller pentagon, the connecting star and the tip of the large pentagon-like shape. The azimuth of Cetus from my location was 180⁰ (south) and the altitude was about 40⁰.
In addition to constellations, I was able to see a fairly bright star which I though could possibly be the bright point on the constellation Cygnus (labeled c) which had an azimuth of 280⁰ (northwest) and an altitude of 65⁰.
Lastly, I saw another bright star close to Cygnus but I think it was too bright to be part of Cygnus and I determined it was a bright point of the constellation Lyra. This star had an azimuth of 285⁰ (northwest) and an altitude of 65⁰.
No comments:
Post a Comment