Planetary Observation Log - Assignment Example

First Last Number 17 September Assignment, Astronomy Planets Planetary Observation Log Viewing site: latitude 30° SE longitude: 270° W Local time zone: 04.57 AM Is daylight savings time in effect? No Moon phase during these measurements Waxing Gibbous In the elongation measurement, we are using the term in its broadest sense in which it is the angular separation between any two points in the sky measured from another point. Normally elongation is defined as measured from the sun. Here we want the elongation between two planets or a planet and the moon if a second planet is not available.

  Elongation: From Mercury to Venus is 24 0. (The first two blanks are for the names of the two objects, planets) between which you’re measuring the elongation.) Elongation: From Venus to Mars is 23 0.   Object R.A. Dec. Azimuth Altitude Date Time   The Sky The Sky The Sky Measured The Sky Measured MM/DD/YY Hr./Min/AM or PM Mercury   9h 44m 20s  14° 45 52"  86°  10° W  76°  2°.3 N   22/10/2015   04:57 AM Venus   13h 04m 36s  -6° 55 38"   39°  15° W  36°  6°.

7 N   22/10/2015   6:45 AM Mars   3h 01m 45s  14° 16 50"   54°  21° W  60°  0°.4 N   23/10/2015   6:30 AM Jupiter   13h 10m 00s  -6° 12 58"   49°  46° W  66°  3°.4 N   23/10/2015   6:30 AM Saturn   8h 33m 36s  19° 10 12"   57°  36° W  62°  2°.9 N   24/10/2015   6:45 AM Work Cited Spampinato, Francesco. Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design. , 2015. Print.