[ghostrider]

I saw this too, and I also live in the country. Sirius is the only magnitude 1 star in the northern hemisphere. The Moon and Mars were in a line from Orion’s belt through the red star, Betelgeuse. It was very unusual. I am a celestial navigator and have never before seen this.

[girlangler]

Whew, I was beginning to wonder if I was having some sort of experience that freepers would laugh about.

I love nature, but rarely catch these awesome events, so I am excited about it.

So excited, in fact, I dropped everything to google up what I had seen.

Living in the deep woods, with no artificial lights nearby, allows me to really see things above that so many of the unfortunate ones in cities and towns rarely see.

I have a video of a full moon from last year about this time, and clouds were moving past it fast. In the background, and on the audio, I had two big hoot owls in the woods near my house singing their mezmerizing song. It was cool to stand outside and hear, view this at once. Wish I had a telescope with audio.

[GATOR NAVY]

Sirius is the only magnitude 1 star in the northern hemisphere

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[girlangler]

Glad we could share it. Merry Christmas.