Stargaze

At the February 20th stargaze, we examined the night sky from around 7:00 PM to about 9:00 PM. Among the objects observed were the 10 first magnitude stars visible that night: Betelgeuse, Rigel, Canopus, Regulus, Aldebaran, Capella, Castor, Pollux, Procyon, and Sirius. We also observed the star clusters of M41 in Canis Major and the Pleiades in Taurus. We examined the nebulosity (the gaseous part) of the Orion Nebula. Additionally, we observed the planet Jupiter (which through the telescope could be seen with some slight coloration) along with the Galilean moons.