lovely walk home (Toronto)

After an evening at Scott's, Ken and I departed at the same time. He asked if I wanted a lift home. "No," I replied, "s'OK. It's a nice night." Indeed.

The Moon was bright in the west (with a halo tinged in red) and Jupiter was high up (intense white).

I turned south and took in all of Orion: orange Betelgeuse top-left, blue Rigel bottom-right, white Bellatrix top-right, and Saiph. I also viewed Alnitak, left-most in the belt. Forgot the names of the other two belt stars (Alnilam and Mintaka, of course). Could see ν (nu) and above, the "fuzzy" star of M42 and M43. I was able to just make out λ (lambda) above.

Sirius in Canis Major was flickering wildly and showing various colours. Procyon was a bit more stable. I spotted β (beta) to the right of Sirius.

The twins caught my eye was well, off in the east, fairly high, Castor above Pollux.



I zig-zagged on the little streets and tried to avoid the sides with street lights.

The frost on the cars glittered in the darkness. It won't be long now.