Last night from 8:00 to 9:30 we had a stargaze on Blackburn Point Road. I saw Venus in crescent from through the telescope, as well as Jupiter and 3 of its moons. The closest one was between Jupiter and the horizon, while the other 2 were farther out and closer to the zenith. We identified the constellations Scorpius, Sagitarrius, Corona Borealis, Corona Australis, Aquila, Ophiuchus, Hercules, and Delphinus, and the stars Antares, Polaris,
Arcturus (by following the arc of the Big Dipper), Vega, Deneb, and Altair. We used red lights to examine a star chart, however I didn't find it very useful, to be honest. Through the binoculars, I saw the center of the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy, and the Coathanger Cluster. Last and most importantly, we saw a shooting star in the north descending from about 80 to 50 degrees azimuth!!!
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