Where in New Jersey did this occur? Liz This morning I had to be up with the darned chickens in order to get to work on time. Usually I start around 10:00; today they needed me in at 6:00. That meant leaving the house at 5:30. I hate getting up that early in the morning, since I don't really wake up until ten no matter what time you get my body out of bed. But this morning it was worth it. No big meteor displays -- a few days too late for that! -- but what I did see was four of the five visible planets putting on a show. Saturn was headed toward the west, Jupiter was almost directly overhead, Venus was dominating the eastern sky, and Mars was faintly visible not far from Venus. Mars is headed around toward the sun and hence is nearly as far away from us as it gets. That explains why it's so faint. Anyhow, the only one missing was Mercury, which might be an "evening star" now. I'll have to check the Skywatcher's Diary once I get offline. _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail