Emb-175 captain reported a drone sighting after departure.

Attributes
ACN	1593299
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

On departure while level at 8000 feet I saw what appeared to be a drone at approximately 8500 feet about a mile to our left. It appeared to be somewhat large; dark in color and looked to have two propellers. The first officer (first officer) did not see it. I notified ATC and we continued the flight with no issues.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-175 Captain reported a drone sighting after departure.

Narrative: On departure while level at 8000 feet I saw what appeared to be a drone at approximately 8500 feet about a mile to our left. It appeared to be somewhat large; dark in color and looked to have two propellers. The First Officer (FO) did not see it. I notified ATC and we continued the flight with no issues.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.