Although this evening included the Lunar Session - August 27, 2017 its was primarily a general observing session.

Constellations: Cassiopeia, Ursa Major
Asterism: Summer Triangle / DAVe
Meteor: (1)

Location: Amphitheatre of Acadia National Park, Maine
Date: 2017-08-27
Time: 7:45 PM - 9:30 PM EDT
Instrument: Visual
Transparency: Fair-Good (2-3)
Seeing: Fair-Good (2-3)
No clouds, no wind.

Summer Triangle /DAVe
Time: 7:55 PM EDT
Equipment: Visual
Located Deneb, Altair and Vega but didn't attempt to locate other stars in their constellations.

Ursa Major
Time: 8:15 PM EDT
Equipment: Visual
Located all 7 stars in the constellation.

Meteor
Time: 8:38 PM EDT
Equipment: Visual
Seen to the east and below Dubhe in Ursa Major, heading towards Leo and Leo Minor.

Cassiopeia
Time: 9:15 PM EDT
Equipment: Visual
Located all 7 stars in the constellation.

 

 

 

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