Well I crashed at 9pm and got up at 3:32am. There were patches of cloud on the western horizon, but Regulus was visible right near the Moon.
I did not get to perceive the motion during the hour of observation, but got some good practice in seeing how much bigger a degree pf separation looks in the sky compared to a drawing on paper. That difference in perspective still amazes me.
The Lion's triangle tail and question mark head were not visible without binoculars, but Regulus was immediately present to searching eyes even through the western city haze. And that Moon is so big and pretty especially when it gets down into the still naked tree tops.
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