October 11th, 2007
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Clark Rd, east of the interstate
Clear skies, moon not present, some lights to the northwest which obstruct view
Instruments used: Naked eye, really high-powered laser pointer, big telescope (not sure of specifications)
Planets: Jupiter and its four moons, all four forming a nearly straight line to the southeast
Bright stars noted: Vega, Deneb, Altair (summer triangle), Polaris, Antares
Constellations noted: Lyra, Cygnus, Aquila (contain summer triangle stars), Ursa Minor (Little dipper), Scorpius, Scutum, Hercules (keystone asterism), Sagittarius (teapot asterism), Delphinus (Job's Coffin)
Binary stars: Epsilon Lyrae double-double
Deep Sky objects: M57 (Ring nebula) faint smoke-ring
Other: saw Milky Way
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