[SunkenCiv]

The Big One

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[smokingfrog]

I noticed that Mars was very bright a few days ago, but it’s been too cloudy to see very much the last couple of nights.

[mikrofon]

So for now, the old saying would go– “[From the Big Dipper ‘handle’] follow the arc to Arcturus, mosey past Mars, then speed on to Spica...”

[TheOldLady]

That is a nice picture, but I agree that it should be sans trees.

All the stars look white to me. If Mars is red and Spica is blue, I just can’t tell.

It’s still pretty.

We have a half-dozen truly huge oak trees in our back yard, but when I want to
see the stars, I look straight up.