a.  Capella is nearly overhead, as seen from Rochester.  
    That means that the Declination of Capella must be nearly
    the same as the latitude of Rochester.

       Dec = approx +43 degrees


b.  Actual values from a catalog:  RA = 05:16:41   Dec = +45:59:52

   
c.  Capella is nearly overhead, very close to the meridian
    (the line half-way between East and West.  It runs down
     the middle of the sky, from North to South).
    That means that the local sidereal time must be about the same
    as the Right Ascension of Capella:

        RA = approx 05:16

d.  Sirius is to the east of the meridian, so it hasn't yet reached
    it.   If we guess that it takes roughly 12 hours for Sirius to
    move from eastern to western horizon, across the sky, then
    it should take about 6 hours to move from eastern horizon
    to the medidian.  The picture shows Sirius closer to the meridian
    than the horizon -- so, more than halfway there.  Perhaps in 
    1 to 2 hours it will reach the meridian.

    Alteratively, if we look up the Right Ascension of Sirius,
    we find RA = 06:45.  That means it will take about 
    (06:45 - 05:16) = 1:29 to move to the median.  Yes, that agrees
    with the rough estimate.


e.  Alkaid is low in the north-eastern sky.  I'd estimate 

          altitude = 15 degrees,  azimuth = 20 degrees


f.  The local Rochester time (Eastern Standard Time) is 19:44:18.
    Since it is still standard time, Rochester time is 5 hours
    behind Universal Time.  Thus, Universal Time is 00:44:18
    on 2014 Feb 11 -- even though the date in Rochester is 2014 Feb 10.


g.  The Julian Date is 2456699.531


h.  Alphonse lives in Paris, we live in Rochester, NY.  How far apart
    are these locations in longitude?
 
       Paris:        2  degrees East of Greenwich
       Rochester:    78 degrees West of Greenwich

    So the locations differ by 80 degrees of longitude.  The Moon in Paris
    will appear about 80 degrees away from its location in Rochester,
    and it will appear farther west.  

    In Rochester, the Moon is currently 10 or 20 degrees East of the 
    meridian.  If we move it 80 degrees to the West, it will cross
    the meridian and move into the western portion of the sky --
    but it will still lie above the horizon.  

    Alphonse should look low in the western sky to see the Moon.


i.  Regulus will pass behind the asteroid Erigone on 
    UT 2014 Mar 20 06:00 (well, it starts a few minutes earlier and ends
    a few minutes later, but this is close enough).

    That corresponds to local Rochester time 2014 Mar 20 02:00,
    or 2 AM.  Where will Regulus be?  Using the "xephem" program,
    I find it will be at

         altitude 44 degrees, azimuth 237 degrees

    In other words, moderately high in the south-western sky.
    If there are no clouds, we should be able to see it!