MARS & A Super Giant!

22:00 hrs, Mars in the North East (I'm In OR.) the sky is inky black and Mars is showing more coloration to the naked eye than I have ever viewed.. my 8 yr.old said, "dad look at the RED star!" I told him that's Mars...Wow! was his retort, back in the house the temp is 31º out.. Too cold for these old bones to drag out the heavy SCT tonight. About 1º to the right side of Mars is a Super Giant Star, Mebsuta... Both are in Gemini..... happy hunting all, back to the fireplace and hot CoCo.. John M

John,

I've been wondering what star in Gemini was next to Mars, but I've been to busy to look it up. It's a good point of reference to observer how Mars moves over the next month. It has been "in-between" the twins for months now, but should quickly exit.