On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:48:08 -0000, Brian Blair wrote:

Just now in the twighlight, it went down past the only star out at
the mo (Pole Star i guess).

The Poles Star is actually rather dim, magnitude 2.0. Where in the sky
was this bright star? If SSW and about 30deg above the horizon it was
probably Mars.

It was bright and big.

Are they normally viewable in twighlight?

Possibly a trailing Leonid. 2nd peak for that shower was in the early
hours of yesterday. Not a particulary active shower by some accounts.
Leonids are bright, I've seen them in twilight.

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