13 February 2005

Observing Location	TotL
Observational Period	1600-1900
Atmospheric Conditions
Instruments	Fujinon 7x50 binoculars - Ben 16x50 Binoculars - Tom
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway Ben Cacace Tom Clabough

Naked-eye Limiting Magnitude Observations	Star Magnitude Saturn -0.20 Betelgeuse α Ori 0.52 Bellatrix γ Ori 1.66 Rigel β Ori 0.10 Alnitac ζ Ori 2.07 Alnilam ε Ori 1.72 Mintaka δ Ori 2.25 Sirius α CMa -1.44 Procion α CMi 0.40 Aldeberan α Tau 0.90

Target	Sunspots
Constellation	Cap
Category	Solar
Time	13Feb05; 1600 EST
Comments	The spots, which appear in a horizontal line across the Sun's equator in the SOHO imagery, formed a diagonal line from 10:30 to 4:30 due to field rotation. 733 An downturned horseshoe shape farthest to the leading limb. 734 The smallest of the spots I noted but with a broad penumbra 735 The largest spot visible and closest to the trailing limb. It also has a broad and noticeable penumbra.

Target	Moon
Constellation	Ari
Category	Lunar
Time	13Feb05; 1630 EST
Comments	As the clouds covered the Moon and reduced its brightness the craters near the southern pole became more obvious. Mare Crisium was easy to spot near the limb and Mare Fecunditatis below it. Mare Tranquilitatis was on the terminator. I did not remark any ray structures.

Target	Saturn
Constellation	Gem
Category	13Feb05; 1845 EST
Time
Comments	In Tom's binoculars it looked elongated. I may have seen some indication of a separation between the rings and planet but it is hard to tell in Tom's binoculars because they shake a lot due to the way he has them set up on his tripod. I was able to pick it out naked eye and once observed it was easily recovered although it did fade as the clouds blew past. Castor and Pollux usually appear to my eye to be nearly as bright as Saturn but I never saw either of them.