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The stars are very clear tonight. I am getting better at identifying constellations now, and even recognising the different colours of stars. For instance, Orion has just rounded the roof (my "western horizon" from the vantage point in the bathroom) and it is clear that Betelgeuse and Aldebaran are more orangey in colour, while Rigel is more bluish. G is getting me some binoculars for Christmas; I will be able to look for M31 and the nebula in Orion's sword then :-)
Mars is just sailing out of view on my eastern horizon now (the frame of the open window), but Saturn should be visible later tonight, in Gemini. The Cassini-Huygens craft must be very close to it - the probe is due to land on Titan mid-2004!