Gods of Time and War

With the Perth-ites in town, we had J and L over for a sleep-over with Kn on the 30th of Sept.  While they were over J was interested in Dobby, so we dragged it out to the front yard for a quick look at whatever was up.
Fortunately Saturn was up in the Western sky, so that was the obvious first target.  As always, a thrill to look at, and J and L were impressed.  The conditions allowed us to almost distinguish the Cassini Division in the rings, and a point at the 5 o'clock position in the eyepiece was most likely Titan.
With not much else to see, I notices that Mars was in Scorpio and close to Antares, so swung up and left to Mars.  Then explaining how the "Ancients" (Greeks) named the star Antares to be the rival of Ares (Mars) I swung over to the star for a quick comparison.
Finished off with a quick look at the definition of the craters on the terminator of the Waxing Cresent Moon.

That was about enough for a pair of young Perth residents on a cool Melbourne evening, so we headed back indoors.