The ISS slid past Venus again this morning: the sky was so clear and dark (no Moon!) that both were spectacularly bright. The phase of Venus (waxing gibbous, I think) was easily visible with binoculars!
My favourite constellation is Orion: it is just such an impressive pattern of stars, and actually does look a bit like a hunter wearing a belted tunic, with a sword, shield and raised club! To his west is Taurus, the savage wild bull that Orion is hunting! The 'sword' includes the famous Orion nebula, a region, where new stars are condensing from clouds of dust and gas: it was so bright tonight, it was visible with the naked eye.
While I was photographing the ISS I counted four more bright satellites and - finally! - saw an Orionid meteor. (These are bits of debris from Halley's Comet, believe it or not!)
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