Day 75 June 5th 2014 Early start to see the stars
Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 8:55AM I got up at 4.30 to go out and see the sky as I knew the Moon would have moved out of the way.
I was disappointed for a second or two as I thought there was a band of cloud but then realised it was the Milky Way!
From the high point I was able to get a 360 degree view. The area generally to the South was dark but to the North East particularly there was a lot (relatively speaking) of light pollution from the Garrucha general area coming inland.
In the South East Antares was glowing red well over the Sierra Cabrera Mountain range and its parent constellation of Scorpius. To its right Saturn was visible in Libra and further to the right there was Mars in Virgo.
Overhead the Summer Triangle was a little lost in all the stars in the Milky Way track. I struggled for a second ot two to spot Lyra - wishing I had a telescope set up to have a quick look at the Ring Nebula.
Lower down to the East I could see the Andromeda Galaxy pointed out to me by the Square of Pagasus running into Andromeda. One two three stars up and there it was. A little disappointing as the sky was quite "bright" in that direction.
Ursa Major was to my left looking North and Cassiopeia to my right.