Constellations: Ophiuchus, Scorpius
Asterism: Big Dipper, Keystone of Hercules, Teapot
Stars: All 7 stars in Big dipper (focusing on Alcor-Mizar), Antares, Dschubba, Graffias, Scutum Star Cloud, ß Scuti, α Scuti (Ionnina), γ Scuti, δ Scuti, ε Scuti
Messier Objects: M6, M7, M8, M10, M11, M12, M13, M20, M22
Planet: Venus
Identified, not Observed & Not entered into Logbook or database:
Hercules, Ophiuchus, Sagittarius
Location: Site 14 on Ell Island, Kejimkujik National Park, NS
Date: 2021-10-06
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:15 PM ADT
Equipment: Visual, 10x42 IS Binoculars
Temperature: 15° C - 14° C
SQM: 21.80 - 21.75
Transparency: Very Good (4)
Seeing: Very Good (4)
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Jerry and I had paddled To Site 14 from Site 15 earlier today and said our good-byes to the Chapmans as they headed for home. From the little beach of our site, we could hear the sounds of youngsters at the group campsite not too far away.
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8:19 PM
I was scanning the skies for objects I knew where to find. I was locating items but was not truly observing them.
- From the Teapot in Sagittarius: M6, M7, M8, M20, M22
- In Ophiuchus: M10, M12
- In the Keystone of Hercules: M13
- Big Dipper: all 7 stars visually; used my binoculars for Alcor-Mizar
8:55 PM
I located Scutum in the Scutum Star Cloud and identified the 4 corner stars - ß Scuti, α Scuti (Ionnina), γ Scuti and δ Scuti, ε Scuti was part way between ß and δ. Also found M11 - the small fuzzy "golf ball".
For some reason, we headed to bed early. However, while we slept, the time-lapse camera captured a meteor between the Big Dipper and Boötes - the brightest and longest we had ever seen. Jerry, along with 10 others, reported it to the American Meteor Society (AMS). From these, the AMS was able to calculate the trajectory - https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/imo_view/event/2021/6384.