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Saturday, February 27, 2016

What did you observe?

*Because of the late moonrise, do your blog in the morning anytime before school*

Please make sure to fully develop your post by including the following:
  • The date
  • The time
  • The condition of the sky
  • The phase of the moon
  • Any constellations you spotted
  • Any other interesting noticings, wonderings or information you have to share
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8 comments:

  1. AlexFebruary 27, 2016 at 6:37 AM

    Finally you could see the waning gibbous. Did you know that the moon is 238,900 miles away from earth. Did you also know that the moon is the earth's only satellite. It was a beautiful waning gibbous.I can not wait to see it tomorrow.

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  2. Mrs. ConklinFebruary 27, 2016 at 10:42 AM

    The waning gibbous was just beautiful, Alex! I think the skies will be clear for a while!

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    1. LeoFebruary 27, 2016 at 10:58 PM

      10:19 I know the moon is finally in sight!!

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  3. OmFebruary 27, 2016 at 9:02 PM

    Today around 8 pm I saw part of some constellations. I saw the two stars of the Canis Minor.
    (the Lesser Dog). One star in Canis Minor was really hard to see. I also saw the belt and shoulder of Orion. Canis Minor was a little higher than Orion's shoulders. Tomorrow I plan to use my celestial binoculars to get a better view of the constellations like the Canis Major (the Greater Dog), Ursa Major (the Great Bear) and Ursa Minor (the Little Bear).

    I will be interested to see how the position of the constellations will change!

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    1. Mrs. ConklinFebruary 28, 2016 at 10:08 AM

      Wow; you really spotted a lot in the night sky, Om!

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  4. LeoFebruary 27, 2016 at 11:05 PM

    10:20 I know it is a little late to be posting this comment but this morning I saw the moon it was still cut off on the left side. It was a bright moon and shined in the morning sky. Just now at ten twenty I was able to see Orion and serious the dog star I also saw the north star!!

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  5. ErikFebruary 28, 2016 at 6:09 PM

    Today I didn't see the Moon tonight for some reason but I have celestial guide on the constellations, I spotted a bunch of them. First I spotted Orion and then I spotted Canis Major which Is at a 80 degree angle from Orion's belt to Sirius. My mom thinks she spotted Auriga and the Pleiades and Taurus and I think I recognized Cepheus. There was alot to spot tonight

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  6. ErikFebruary 28, 2016 at 6:22 PM

    On Saturday night I went out at 9:10 and there were some clouds in the sky in the back yard. I could not see the moon, but then I realized the moonrise was late on Saturday, 10:31 pm. This morning, we looked again at 9 am because the moon set at 9:31 but we couldn't see it because it was already behind the trees. We used a compass and a celestial guide and waited for the clouds to move. We could dimly see Orion's belt and then we saw Canis Major because Sirius is at an 20 degree angle from Orion's Belt. I think we also saw Auriga, the charioteer which is connected to Taurus because there was a very bright star that we think was Capella right in the middle of the sky. The other stars around it looked like Auriga on the guide. I think I also spotted the Big Dipper. Tonight I will look again and try to see Polaris too.

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