On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
Just home from my talk at Bryce and as I was opening my observatory to a beautifully clear sky I saw Orion in its full glory rising in the east. The down side is its appearance at this time foretells the coming of winter but it sure is pretty up there.
I've been watching Orion steadily climb for the last couple of months. Yep, winter is coming. Also Venus has disappeared from the morning sky, as it moves behind the sun. The last time I spotted it was earlier this week, very low in a bright blue sky before sunrise. It will be an evening object once again in coming weeks. Who will be the first to spot it after conjunction? It's been interesting watching the sun's rising point move steadily south in the last six weeks or so. It really picked up speed about a month ago and is moving about a degree per day right now.