Observation Session: 1/8/08

During this session we first looked at the moon through binocs. Although the moon was only a crescent, we could still see the darker part of the moon because of Earth shine. We also looked at a number of constellations and asterisms: Cepeus, Casseopia, Pegasus(the Great Square), Eridanus, Orion, Pisces(circlet). Names and first magnitude stars we looked at are Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, Rigel, Sirius, and Achernar. We also looked at Mars and other M objects through the telescope, and M31 with the binocs.