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All right, a quick tutorial on magnitudes. The magnitude scale is an inverse scale, meaning as the magnitude increases in value, the apparent brightness of an object decreases by a factor of about 2.5. So the lower the magnitude, the brighter the object. So about the dimmest object that the human eye can see under optimal on dark sky conditions is about 6 magnitude. So a magnitude 5 object is about 2.5 times greater than a magnitude 6 object, while a magnitude 7 object is 2.5 times different. So any magnitudes greater than 6, you will definitely need a binoculars or a telescope to spot. While those that are less than 6, you can see with the naked eye. But as with all those objects up there, take a good look through binoculars or a telescope. You'll pull out a lot of the details of the object like that. Turning on with Venus, Venus is rising about 5.15 a.m. this week. And then rises about 6.15 a.m. by month end. Look for Venus to the east about an hour before sunrise. It moves from a constellation of Virgo into Libra shining at magnitude minus 3.9 on the first. And hopefully everybody has reset their clocks because daylight saving time ended for most of the U.S. back on the second at 2 a.m. local time. I do have a link for daylight saving time in the newsletter and on the web page. It's kind of interesting if you click on that link to see where daylight saving time is observed around the world. We're not just the only ones. In fact, it's starting up in the southern hemisphere and quite a few spots have already started. It's in for quite a few spots around the northern hemisphere. So it's still going on. So check out, it's an interesting pace to look at. It also ends up in the springtime as well. So check that out.