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(Laura Halliday) wrote:

I found myself wide awake at 0530 this morning, and
figured I might as well go out and have a look...

The sky is *just* starting to brighten about then,
so I didn't take my telescope out. Just my binoculars.

The sky was what you would get in the early evening
in January. The Pleides were putting on a great show,
due south. Orion was high in the southeast, with
Sirius sparkling below. Saturn was prominent in
the middle of Gemini, and I saw Jupiter through a
gap in the trees, right next to Regulus, my first
sighting since May. I know where Mercury would have
been, but my eastern horizon is not Mercury-friendly.



The Winter constellations are sure beautiful.

I've spent so much time observing Mars these last 4-5 months that I've
totally screwed up my internal clock. Until August, I was watching it
thru dawn, and was thinking how happy I'd be when it was no longer
available. Now that I lose it about 3:00am, I've taken to observing
Saturn. I could use a week or two of really crummy weather.......;-

Starry Skies,
Rich