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)

View of Kejimkujik Lake from Campsite 14 - Antares and Venus rise above the islands

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. 

7:52 PM
We could see Venus above the trees on an adjacent small island.  Antares in Scorpius could be seen about 10° away at the same declination; Dschubba and Graffias also easily seen. The lake was unusually dead calm for the third day in a row. Highly unusual.

 

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.

 

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