The sky was so clear at 2 AM, I could see that Irish constellation

[old mark]

O'Ryan!

He has his arm raised holding a drink...the famous
O'Ryan's Belt!


(I just made this up-I wouldn't want you to think I was Sirius!)

Old Mark

[Lucian]

1. You know winter is coming when Orion starts coming above the horizon.

I can see the Pleiades in Taurus 9 pm. It's going to get cold soon.

BTW, I have the constellation Orion tattooed on my right forearm. I even nerded it up and got Betelgeuse in red, Rigel in blue, and used pink ink for the Orion nebula.

[old mark]

2. Usually the hot months here are too hazy to see many stars at all...

The dog woke me up, and I went out back with him, and found all those stars, even here on the edge of a small city.

And it was even cold!

mark

[Lucian]

3. Nice.

I'm an amateur astronomer. I'm outside many nights viewing. I'm in central MN where there are hardly any lights, so I can see everything.

[old mark]

4. Both of my brothers are past presidents of the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomy

Society. They have a very well designed observatory high in the mountains near Hamburg, PA. But the light pollution even there is steadily encroaching...

I'm always glad to be able to see what stars I can here...

mark