One of the many celestial objects that my friend Tony Donnangelo and I observed from a dark site in the Tuscarora State Forest on Sunday night was the planet/Kuiper Belt object Pluto. Pluto was not terribly difficult to see through Tony's 14.5" Starmaster once it had been positively identified using two different finder charts. It was but a dim speck to the west of a diamond-shaped pattern of four faint field stars. This was my first view of Pluto this year. Other shallow-sky objects observed included a young crescent moon, Jupiter (along with Europa's shadow transit), asteroid 4 Vesta, and Mars.
Dave Mitsky
Dave Mitsky
Chance favors the prepared mind.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
