This morning, BH leapt out of bed to announce that the much anticipated conjunction of the Moon and Mars was to be seen to the east. Deployed the Outland - more usually used for tweeting - to find (oxymoronically) a waning crescent, on its last legs, to the east, maybe 20° above the horizon, pointing down towards the sun which was about to rise, and a planet to its right, maybe ten moon widths away, also 20° above the horizon.
However, cautious, I checked with reference 2 to find that the planet in question was probably Venus. Mars was indeed said to be visible, but in the West, 180° away, altitude 10°. Into the study to find it was not visible, probably in the trees, in the rough as it were.
Reference 1a: Outland 6 × 30 monocular from Celestron. Not quite the latest model, but pretty much the same.
Reference 1b: https://www.celestron.com/products/outland-x-6x30-monocular.
Reference 2: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/uk/london.
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