Wassup In the October Night Sky

Technically, the pre-dawn morning sky.  From 6 AM the other day there was this in the eastern horizon.  The morning star - the Light Bearer - planet Venus in the constellation Leo.  The glow is sunlight leaking into the the view from below the horizon.

Venus is Earth's closest planetary neighbor and the second planet from the Sun. Venus appears either in the eastern sky before sunrise or in the western sky after sunset. 

When it appears after sunset in the western sky, it is called an evening star.

Of course, there is always my pal Orion - steadfast in the southwest sky before sunrise.  The glow in the photo is light pollution from the city of Green Bay to the southwest.

It has occurred to me that I need to change things-up a bit.  And take the dog our back to pee in the morning.  At least then I'd see what the predawn sky looks like to the north.....