Observation Time:

9/29/13

Observed waning crescent moon, venus and antares which is present in scorpius. Observed Vega, Deneb and Altair in the summer triangle. All observations were naked eye observations, no app was used.

10/2/13

Observed waning crescent moon and venus. I was in a parking lot so it was too bright to view much else. Naked eye observations, no app used.

10/7/13

Observed waxing crescent moon and the Summer Triangle. The sky was dark which made it easy to see other stars, but identifying which constellation is which is difficult. My phone wasn't working so I could not use SkyMap.
10/9/13

Observed waxing crescent moon, venus and antares. I thought I found Cassiopeia but it was actually Cygnus, as identified by SkyMap. Observations occurred in my driveway.

10/10/13

Observed waxing crescent moon, venus and Cygnus. Observations were naked eye observations and no app was used, observations occurred in my driveway.

10/13/13

Too cloudy to observe anything from my driveway.

10/15/13

Observed waxing Gibbous moon, as well as the constellations I've identified before. Scorpius, Cygnus and the summer triangle. Cassiopeia is easy to find as well. I didn't need to use the app this time, and all observations were naked eye observations in my driveway.

10/16/13

Observed Cetus and Andromeda with the help of SkyMap. Antares is always easy to find because it appears to be flashing red and white. Observed Venus, which is easy to find because it's close to ecliptic and because of it's brightness.


10/17/13

Observed Pegasus, Andromeda and Cetus. I've been varying the times that I've gone out to watch stars, and realized that stars always flash when near the horizon which means several times I've thought I saw Antares it was actually just another star near the horizon. I think for future I'll just check myself with SkyMap to make sure I'm identifying things correctly. The summer triangle is so easy to see, and makes it easy to star hop.