1 May 2006

Location:	TotL
Time:	2000-2230 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions:	Light to moderate breeze with gusts. It was chilly although the temperature had only dropped from 56 to 52 by the time we left. My lips and hands are wind burned, the rest of me a little chilled. Transparency Good Seeing Good
Instruments:	Canon 15x50 IS binocular - Charlie Celestron 10x50 binocular - Kin
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway Kin Lee

Tau

Target:	Moon
Constellation
Category:	Lunar
Time:	20060501.2018
Comments:	The terminator was E of Mare Crissium and through the largest of the three craters in a string below the equator At about 2200 EDT I noticed a white stripe across the sky from the Moon through the Zenith and then down to the south of Arcturus and north of Jupiter

Target:	HIP 32369
Constellation:	Gem
Category:	Planet and Star
Time:	20060501.2027
Comments:	Mars is right next to this 6.95 red star. Mabsuta far off to the right

Target:	Saturn and M44
Constellation:	Gem
Category:	Planet and Deep Sky Object
Time:	20060501.2038
Comments:	You could see M44 but Saturn was just a splash of bright light near the opposite edge of the FOV

Target:	Meteor
ConstellationLeo
Category	Meteors
Time:	20060501.2111
Comments:	very fast. Straight down to the right of the Time-Warner towers. I saw it with peripheral vision but was not wearing my glasses at the time so it definitely was not stray light reflecting off the frame or lenses Probably a Lyrid

Target:	73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann E
Constellation:	CrB and Her
Category	Comets
Time:	20060501.2125
Comments:	Not Seen I tried for both the B and C fragments and did not see either of them. At one point I was slewing to the FOV and saw a obvious fuzz ball and thought it might be a comet fragment. But I realized that the star field I needed wasn't there and the very obvious object I was seeing was actually M13 and I needed to drop down a bright star to get to the lower right corner of the Keystone so I could begin my hop.

Target:	Jupiter
Constellation:	Lib
Category:	Planet
Time:	20060501.2215
Comments:	One moon on top and the other three fairly evenly spaced below.

Target:	Resurs Rocket
Constellation:	Lib, Ser, CrB, Boo, Dra Umi, Cet
Category:	Satellite
Time:	20060501.2219
Comments:	I think I first saw it around Jupiter and got my binocular on it and tracked it until it dissipated in the trees directly beneath Polaris. About Mag 3.5 at its brightest but much fainter and no longer a naked-eye object after reaching Manhattan North. It was fading groom binocular view as it went into the trees and I cant be sure if it was hidden by the trees or faded from view.