Observation

Date: November 19, 2007
Time: 8:00 to 8:40
Location: Backyard
Light Pollution: There was little pollution preventing celestial objects closer to the horizon from being seen. Most of the light was in the direction of downtown Sarasota and Lido.
Cloud Coverage: There were few clouds in the sky, mainly in the North which did not hinder me observing celestial objects.
Moon: The moon is in the waxing gibbous phase with about 75% of its surface visible .
Instruments: Naked eye and binoculars.

Constellations: The most easily spotted object was the Great Square of Pegasus. The Summer Triangle was clearly visible consisting of the constellations of Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila. Ursa Minor was off in the northern direction with Polaris easily seen with binoculars. Toward the south and southwest were Aquarius as well as Capricorn. Delphinus was to the West of Pegasus and Andromeda to the north/northeast.
Stars: Altair, Vega, Deneb, and Polaris.
Misc: The Milky Way spanned across the sky from East to West.