[Vision2020] Mercury Visible Above Horizon Now

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

All:

Mercury is now (and I mean right NOW) visible in the western sky below and 
slightly to the right of the lovely crescent moon.

http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/tsky.php?t=20050312

Saturday, March 12, 2005        
Looking West Shortly After Sunset   
    
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You can still see the waxing crescent moon and the planet Mercury shortly 
after sunset on Saturday evening. Now the moon, having moved eastward in its 
orbit around Earth, is above Mercury in the evening twilight. Today, Mercury is 
farthest from the sun on our sky’s dome for this evening apparition. Astronomers 
call this Mercury’s “greatest elongation.”

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V2020 Post by Ted Moffett
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