General Session - August 11, 2019

Planet: Jupiter, Saturn
Stars: Altair, Deneb, Vega
Asterism: Summer Triangle/DAVe
Meteor (1 Perseid)
Moon

Location: Caesar Road, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Date: 2019/08/11
Time: 10:45 PM - 11:10 PM EDT
Temperature: 18º C
Equipment: 10x42 IS binoculars
Seeing: Good (3)
Transparency: Good (3)
Temperature: 19º C

No breeze or clouds. 

Moon
Time: Not recorded
Equipment: Binoculars 
Using the binoculars, I identified the distinct mountains on the north shore of Mare Imbrium (Montes Alpes) and Sinus Iridum (Jura Mountains). Tycho was seen quite well as was its ejecta field all the way up to Mare Serenitatis. 

Jupiter (in Scorpius) Time: 10:34 PM ADT Equipment: Binoculars  Viewed Jupiter and its moons while standing between two apartment buildings to block as much street and Moon light as possible. Clearly identified Europa and Callisto. Io and Ganymede were not seen. SkySafariPro suggested Io was very close to the Moon's west limb but I couldn't separate the moon from the planet. Ganymede must have been occulted by the planet.

Saturn (in Sagittarius) Time: 10:34 PM ADT Equipment: Binoculars  Stood between the two apartment buildings to prevent as much street and Moon light as possible from interfering with this observation. Only the brightest and perhaps larger stars could be seen. Some stars of Sagittarius were easily seen - χ1 and χ2, ν1 and ν2.  Could also see Saturn's moon Phoebe! Initially mistook Albaldah (π Sgr) and ο Sgr as possibly 2 of its moons.

Meteor (from Perseids)
Time: ~ 11:00 PM ADT
Equipment: Visual
Long streak approximately 1 second in duration that travelled from the centre of the Summer Triangle towards the Moon. The apartment building blocked the view of its origin. Turned colour from red to green. Tail was very short.

Summer Triangle / DAVe
Time: Not recorded
Equipment: Visual
Despite the Moon and street lights, I could see Altair (in Aquila), Deneb (in Cygnus) and Vega (in Lyra).