Observation 7

Thursday November 8th, 2012
8:30pm
East Laurel Road
Clear dark skies

The most noticeable and recognizable objects in the sky to me are now the Great Square of Pegasus and Cassiopeia. I can always pick out these shapes in the nighttime sky. Today I also noticed a bright object low in the east which I guessed and later discovered to be Jupiter. Towards the west, the distinct shape of the Summer Triangle was visible. I notice it is further and further in the west every night as summer constellations set and fall ones rise. I came outside to look at the sky right when Sagittarius was setting in the west and the only bright stars on the other half of the sky were Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus, Polaris, and the shapes of Pegasus and Cassiopeia. I also noticed a flickering bluish star in the east, close to Jupiter.