I hope you all have a great night tomorrow night while I am in Qld.
I will take my 11 x 70 Binos to Qld. though, so I dont feel like I have missed out.
While driving home from a Christmas Party tonight at about 10 PM, I saw Mars out-shining everything else around it. How bright is it getting ?
It looked wonderful, and I cant wait to get my first views of it through my new scope.

No doubt I will read all about the night next week when I get back....
Sorry I cant bring the coffee this time....
Enjoy.