Fantastic, Rich. That's my world five to seven days a week. I wake up at 3:30 AM for work, typically start at 5:00 AM. I have the quiet of the morning sky to greet me every clear morning of the year. It's peaceful, relaxing. And every once in a while, you get to see a bonus, like meteors or, earlier this spring, fuel outgassing from a Japanese booster rocket. That one sure threw me for a loop! On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I woke up unexpectedly just before 5 a.m. this morning, and after going downstairs to get some water, glanced outside and saw clear sky, so I wandered into the back yard and enjoyed the view for several minutes. Perseus was high overhead, Orion mostly clearing the mountaintops, Capella gleaming brightly in the NE. It's amazing how... comforting it is in the calm of early morning to just throw your head back, look up and forget life's cares for a few minutes. I even managed to see a couple of faint Perseids as an added bonus. Sometimes it's just enough (and then some) to just get out and look up and enjoy. /Rich