Observation Log - 14/08/2004

Subject:	Constellations in the South-West
Seeing:	Good
Light:	Poor
Location:	Home (balcony)

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Planisphere

Comments

After a day of cloudiness, the sky became as clear as I've seen it here towards midnight. A good chance to pick out the finer details of Hercules and Aquila. Even the upper parts of Ophiuchus were reasonably clear, despite being quite close to the horizon behind a lot of illuminated atmosphere.

A nice surprise was a fairly bright meteor somewhere between Vega and Hercules, probably the tail end of the Perseids.

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