Clearest sky in weeks tonight

Hoping it will clear up here to see Mars and the moon close together later tonight

Same here. About what time is it expected?

Looks like there is no end in sight for the bad weather. Cloud,wind and rain til at least wednesday.

YAY !!!

I caught a glimpse of the moon and mars at 1:30am Sat. The deed had been done and they had both rolled over and were snoring. Only used the bins.........

Took me about 20 seconds to catch Mars in a S/SE position to the moon because of the light from the moon and poor seeing conditions.

Oh well.................bring on the lunar eclipse in Feb. I have a month to plan what EP's/filters i am gonna use to capture its best side.

I was on another airplane last night and caught a good view of a really bright star in the region of Mars early in the evening. It twinkled colours ranging from light blue to a vivid green, even thought I saw glances of a red in there. Seemed to have two parts to it, perhaps a double star, a smaller white coloured glow to its west. After careful watching and a short while later i finally figured out what it was. The moral of the story is, not all helicopters are stars.

IThe moral of the story is, not all helicopters are stars.

:lol: :lol: :lol: Good one!