Although early this morning was supposed to be the best "day" for viewing here, though I couldn't see it all! They said best viewing time would be 5:58 am. Well, the sun's up then!! I couldn't see a thing though it was a bit hazy. BUT, the other night, when I went out with Star to pee (her, not me) I just happened to look up as the sky was so clear, the stars were SO bright and there in the southeast was Mars! I often see Venus, but this looked nothing like it, or any star! It was this huge, red ball; no mistaking it! I grabbed my binoculars but it doesn't have an infinity setting so they were of no help. I have a great telescope, but I have yet to set it up here in Mass. It's pretty involved, having to be aligned with the north star and such and a little complicated; didn't get to it in time. They say you can see the craters with good binoculars though! I find astronomy so fascinating! It was really neat to see!