I just noticed on stellarium that if I'm lucky, about 5am, I might see Mars rise in the east before dawn. That would be a special occasion for me, as I never observed Mars before.

nice to see you back at the wide fields again i got orion last night will post them to photo bucket later

did you see mars in the end the orange dot was here around 03:00 time,its easy to spot just under the twins of Gemini

Yep, I was pretty please to finally spot Mars, I uploaded the photo to my latest blog entry.

Neil