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Mercury is now (and I mean right NOW) visible in the western sky below and slightly to the right of the lovely crescent moon.<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/tsky.php?t=20050312">http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/tsky.php?t=20050312</A><BR>
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<B>Saturday, March 12, 2005</B> <BR>
<B>Looking West Shortly After Sunset</B> <BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/printable.php?t=20050312">Printable Version</A> <IMG SRC="http://www.earthsky.com/images/bullet.gif" WIDTH="9" HEIGHT="7" BORDER="0" DATASIZE="105"> <A HREF="http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/tsky.php?t=20050311">Previous Night</A> <IMG SRC="http://www.earthsky.com/images/bullet.gif" WIDTH="9" HEIGHT="7" BORDER="0" DATASIZE="105"> <A HREF="http://www.earthsky.com/skywatching/tsky.php?t=20050313">Next Night</A> <BR>
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You can still see the <A HREF="http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/moonphases-waxcres.php">waxing crescent moon</A> 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.”<BR>
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