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4 Morning Planets
At 5.20am today, Mercury was still prominent in the eastern skies, whereas Jupiter was way over to the west.
Using my new (but secondhand) Vixen ED 81mm, I was able to gain splendid views of both Saturn and Mars at 125x. Both planets are now ideally placed for observation, with Saturn being a little west of the zenith and Mars being barely past the zenith.
Saturn looked lovely and I could see both Titan & Rhea.
Mars has grown appreciably in size, and will double again by it Opposition in late July. I admit to a growing sense of excitement at the thought of watching this grow in the near future and knowing that my weather prospects are now improving (less clouds).
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