Date: October 22, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 11:30 PM
Place: Charlotte Harbour
Sky Conditions: Mostly clear with a few pockets of light from Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte. Moon not present.
Instruments Used: eyes
Planets: Jupiter shown brightly and beautifully in the eastern sky, about 20 degres above the horizon .
Bright Stars noted: Vega, Epsilon Lyrae, Deneb, Alberio, Altair,( the summer triangle) in the western part of the sky, Antares early in the observation, Polaris dead ahead to the north. Overall, it seemed that the summer skychart had been cut in half and then turned 180 so that the side with Sagittarius on it was still above the sky. I noted that the Tea pot was pouring out all of it's contents into the western horizon.
Constellations noted: Lyra, Cygnus, Aquila, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Pegasus, Andromeda, Delphinus,Sagitta, Vulpecula, Hercules, Ursa Minor and what may have been Cepheus. all of these constellations were spread across the sky with Delphinus being the closest to the zenith.
Deep Sky Objects: Pleiades was very faint but could be viewed rising almost due east from our location, and i could see what looked like a true little dipper being formed by the seven sisters.
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