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--Apple-Mail-5--825018735 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If you want a chance to see Mercury (a planet most people never get to = see), tonight it could happen, if the sky stays cler near the horizon, = and if the observer has a good view of the horizon in the WNW. About = 21:20 to 22:00 is a good time to observe. Both are in the bright twilight to start of with, but as the sky darkens = they become visible. Venus is in view first because of its extra = brightness. By 9:20 Venus iis 10 deg above the WNW . You may not spot = Mercury by then. It is about 13 deg above horizon, between the 10 and 11 = o'clock position from Venus. Merc will show up well in binoculars = and as sky darkens it will be east to see (unaided unaided-eye). Venus = sets about 22:25, Mercury about 22:50 Here is a link to a photo I took last evening about 10 p.m. (22:00). = Venus is the brightest and lower. Mercury is the fairly bright, upper = one. By then both were easily visible naked-eye. Both will just fit in = the same 5 degree binocular field.=20 https://www.dropbox.com/s/fmauqw51m6ww68l/Mercury-Venus 10pm = June4-13-sw.jpg Jupiter is there for a while too but is too near the horizon to be seen = easily. It sets just after 9:30. Sherman= --Apple-Mail-5--825018735 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">If = you want a chance to see Mercury (a planet most people never get to = see), tonight it could happen, if the sky stays cler near the horizon, = and if the observer has a good view of the horizon in the WNW. = About 21:20 to 22:00 is a good time to = observe.<div><br></div><div>Both are in the bright twilight to start of = with, but as the sky darkens they become visible. Venus is in view = first because of its extra brightness. By 9:20 Venus iis 10 deg above = the WNW . You may not spot Mercury by then. It is about 13 deg = above horizon, between the 10 and 11 o'clock position from Venus. = Merc will show up well in binoculars and as sky darkens it will = be east to see (unaided unaided-eye). Venus sets about 22:25, = Mercury about 22:50</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a link to a photo I = took last evening about 10 p.m. (22:00). Venus is the brightest and = lower. Mercury is the fairly bright, upper one. By then both were easily = visible naked-eye. Both will just fit in the same 5 degree binocular = field. </div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.dropbox.com/s/fmauqw51m6ww68l/Mercury-Venus%2010pm%20J= une4-13-sw.jpg">https://www.dropbox.com/s/fmauqw51m6ww68l/Mercury-Venus = 10pm June4-13-sw.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>Jupiter is there for a = while too but is too near the horizon to be seen easily. It sets just = after 9:30.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherman</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-5--825018735--
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