Spotted bright Venus 5 degrees east of the crescent Moon. They both sported halos from thin cloud. Too harried to take a photo.
While at the bus stop, shivering in the cold, I scanned for Mars. Like a couple of days ago, I spotted a bright point to the right of Venus. But it just didn't seem as bright as I expected. Can't be Mars, I thought. Checked Astrolabe on the iTouch. Ah ha!
I had been looking at Saturn! Cool. Made sense: dimmer, beige colour, without bright star nearby.
I turned further west. Duh! There's Mars. A bright orange, low in the sky, setting, and nearly vertical with blue Spica.
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Same "wall" of clouds over the lake, once again, seen from the 35 bus. Must be something do with the extreme cloud.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
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