mars?

Second time around tonight!!!
Waiting for the moon to appear to look for Saturn I noticed a spectacular
bright light in the eastern sky right by a group of six small stars that
look like a chip pan could this be Mars?
Thanks again Dave B
P.s at this rate I'll have Patrick Moores job.

Yes, that's Mars. It should have an orange tint to it.

I'm guessing that this is your chip pan?

http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/pleiades/

Cheers,

Andy.

P.S. The moon isn't due to rise until after 3am so you've got a bit of
a wait on your hands ;-)

Hi dave,

The last issue of Sky at Night magazine had an excellent program called
Starry Nights on the cover disk. It's a cracking way to learn you way
around the sky.

All the best
Gaz