Winter friends

This morning at work at around 4:00 AM I was outside looking for meteors and I noticed some of my old winter friends. Pleiades and Taurus were up, and Gemini and Orion were just peeking up over the horizon. Jupiter and Mars were also in the area. It’s a sign that winter is on it’s way. It’s already noticeably getting darker earlier. People around here hate that, but as an amateur astronomer, It’s nice when it gets dark before 10:00.

I think I’m going to get my telescope out early in the morning this week. It gives me a chance to see some of my winter friends before it gets too damn cold to be outside. It’s also been a while since I’ve seen Jupiter and even longer for Mars.