This place is a dream location for star gazers. For one thing, there is no light pollution - none. No matter which direction you look, there's no light from houses, streets, buildings - nothing. The only possible interference is the moon, if it's up.
Also, if you're on top of the fort, you can see for 360 degrees, all the way from straight up to the horizon. As a result, the number of stars is staggering. You can clearly see the Milky Way - it just jumps out at you. Because we're much further south than home, some of the constellations are different. And we can't see the north star - it's below the horizon.
A few nights ago we were looking out our patio, which faces south. We saw a faint glow on the horizon. It was too big to be a boat. We later found out that we were seeing the lights of Havana, 90 miles to the south, reflected off clouds!
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You should be able to see th North Star... Your latitude is about 24.6 degrees or so. That would put it that amount above the horizon. It is only 28 degrees above the horizon here.
Looking forward to getting together when you get home.
Joe and Debbie