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Seeing Elusive Mercury | | | |
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 | | | View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Dr Ski in Valencia, Philippines caught Mars and Mercury on June 19, the day after their conjunction. The nearby stars Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini are a great comparison. Those 2 stars are noticeable for being bright and close together. Mercury and Mars were much closer! Thanks, Dr Ski! | | |
| | | | After sunset now … Catch Mercury in the west | | | You'd have to look closely to see Mars now. It's sinking into the sunset glare. But, for most of the world, elusive Mercury now stays visible in the west for more than an hour after sunset. Its greatest distance (25 degrees) east of the setting sun for this evening appearance happens today. Read more and see charts. | | | | Word of the Week: Conjunction | | | When you hear the word conjunction in astronomy, just know it means 2 objects close together on our sky's dome. Click in for more about the various kinds of conjunctions, including some we can't see, and many we can, beautifully. | | | | | | | |
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|  | | | After sunset … Catch Mercury in the west | | Mars is now sinking into the sunset glare, getting tougher and tougher to spot. It's easier to see Mercury, the solar system's innermost planet, as dusk gives way to darkness in late June. No matter where you are on Earth, look west, close to the sunset point. Read more. | | | | | |
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 | | | Airglow over Halcottsville, New York | | View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Garth Battista captured this image on June 2. He said: “I was doing a sequence of shots to show the Milky Way rising over this silo. Some of the early frames had this lovely airglow.” Thanks Garth! | | |
