Observations 4.1

4/15/10
Stargaze
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Conditions: cloudy
Moon: waxing crescent, very thin
Planets: Mercury and Venus were both visible near the Moon at sunset
Objects: M42, the Orion Nebula, M44, the star cluster in Cancer
Stars: the Alcor double and Mizar quadruple in Ursa Major

4/27/10
9:00 PM
Moon: waxing gibbous
Planets: Mars in Gemini, Saturn in Virgo
Constellations: Bootes, Cancer, Gemini, Leo, Ursa Major, Virgo
Stars: Arcturus, Castor, Denebola, Pollux, Regulus, Spica

4/29/10
10:00 PM
Star - Estimated Apparent Magnitude
eta Ursa Majorum - 2.2
beta Leonis - 2
gamma Leonis - 1.8
zeta Leonis - 3.5
epsilon Leonis - 3.2
lambda Leonis - 4
epsilon Virginis - 2.7
eta Virginis - 3.8
epsilon Corvi - 2.8
epsilon Bootis - 2.7
beta Bootis - 3.4