APOD:Aurora and Unusual Clouds Over Iceland

The aurora and lenticular clouds form an amazingly vivid image. Taken on a cold winter night in Iceland. You can see towards the left, bright green auroras appear to emanate from the largest glacier in Iceland: Vatnajokull. Aurora light is reflectected off the lake Jökulsárlón. Green light emitted from another aurora behind touches the lenticular clouds.Far beyond the lenticular is the setting Moon, while far beyond even the Moon are setting stars.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131118.html

2nd Quarter Observations (Pt. 1)

Sunday, October 27, 2013               9:00pm – 10:00pm

Location: Hendersonville, North Carolina

Weather: Clear

Visibility: Good

Moon Phase: Last Quarter

Stars: Polaris, Vega, Deneb, Andromeda

Planets: Venus

Constellations: Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia, Aquila, Gamma Andromeda

Thursday, November 7, 2013                     9:00pm – 10:00pm

Location:  Sarasota, Florida

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Visibility: Good/Not Clear

Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

Stars:  Vega, Altair, Deneb, Alberio, Polaris, (two shooting stars)

Constellations: Aquila, Ursa Minor, Lyra,

APOD

Titled "The North Celestial Tree" this picture was composed over a period of nearly 2 hours as a series of 30 second long, consecutive exposures on October 5th. These exposures were done with a digital camera on a tripod in Southern Spain. The picture aims to reflect Earth's rotation around its axis which leads to the center of concentric arcs in the night sky and a seriously great picture, in my opinion.


http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131023.html

Jupiter's Moon Project Sources

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Moons
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/jupiter/moons.shtml

http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/jupiter_moons.html

http://www.jupiterfacts.net/l/Moons