| Zoe and I walked around Honeymoon Lake by moonlight tonight. (Full moon on the 5th.) It was a little after 11pm. We met halfway between our houses and she was excited about a red object a little below and to the left of the moon. She thought it was Mars. I said maybe it might be Jupiter. We stopped at my place and Guy Ottewell's Astronomical Calendar confirmed it was Mars. Tomorrow night it will be below and to the right of the Moon. The moon will move more and more to the left of Mars over the next week. Check it out.
Houses, here on Whidbey Island, are often amongst trees which is nice but makes it difficult to do any stargazing but for a small hole of sky above. There is a lot of sky here at Honeymoon Lake. Sky which is not near any city lights and is great for star gazing. |
