On October 9th, I went to the observation session at Casey Key Fish-house from 8-10 PM. During this time, the sky was clear but there was some light pollution in the direction of Sarasota (North).
My favorite observation of the night was of the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31. It is the only other galaxy visible through binoculars and appeared as a fuzzy, roughly circular object. It is in the constellation Andromeda. I also observed several satellites during the night and 4 meteors.
I identified many constellations including Sagittarius, Scorpius, Hercules, Ursa Minor, Lyra, Corona Borealis, Aquila, Delphinus, and many more. In Lyra, I observed the binary star known as the Epsilon Lyrae pair. This appears as one bright star to the naked eye but when viewed with binoculars can clearly be seen to be binary.
I also viewed two star clusters, one that appeared to be in Sagittarius and another through the telescope. These star clusters contain thousands of stars. Some other stars which I identified were Antares, Altair, and Vega.
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