Well, speaking about the sky, yesterday early in the morning southeastern's sky at the beginning of twilligh Mars and Moon were very close to each other. I seemed that they were hugging or even kissing. Mars was only a few degrees to the left of the moon. And now they are visible very low in the east before dawn.
I'm sure that everyone loves Mars, but since 2003 it has been getting farther from Earth. I can secrectly tell you that at this Christmas Eve will bring Mars closest and brightest for the whole 2007 year. So, between now and Christmas time, Mars will be brightening slowly and rising earlier each day.
If you didn't have a chance to see it this early in the morning, then I'm sure you'll be much satisfied with observing and finding Jupiter on the night sky. This morning Jupiter's Galilean moons could be seen. The view of Jupiter's moons through a good pair of
observation binoculars is comparable to what Galileo saw when he discovered them in 1609. Though he was observing with the help of a
telescope at that time, but telescope magnification was about 20 times, but the optics in the modern pair of binoculars are of a much higher quality.
So, enjoy the sky and your
binocular optics!