06 January 2025

Mars and the twins greeting me this morning

Taking the bins out this morning I was greeted with Mars, very low in the West, with Gemini just to the right. Mars is at it's closest to earth on the 12th January. In true Ireland tradition it looks to be cloudy that day. So I'll take this. Took a snap with the iPhone.

starry sky

And for reference, the snip from Stellarium

screenshot from stellarium

And now, off to work we go for, as I like to call it, day one of the hostage situation.

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