<p dir="ltr"> I can already see Vemus, but not Mercury. Sun is still just above the horizon. <br>
Clear skies! <br>
MK<br>
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<br><br>---- Roger Hill wrote ----<br><br>Tonight, after sunset and as the sky is starting to get dark, head outside and look to the west for Venus. It will be bright. <br><br>The fainter "star" beside it is Mercury, in one of it's more favourable appearances. Binoculars will help. <br><br>The picture was taken two nights ago, about 6pm.<br><br>Keep your binoculars handy when you head out to the observatory tonight and use them to have a look at comet Lovejoy. If you stay at home, you should be able to find Lovejoy as a small fuzzy greenish patch, about 5 degrees south, and 5 degrees west, of the Pleiades. A finder chart can be found at <a href="http://www.heavens-above.com/comet.aspx?cid=C%2F2014%20Q2&lat=43.3905555556&lng=-79.922775&loc=Hamilton+Centre+Observatory&alt=100&tz=EST">http://www.heavens-above.com/comet.aspx?cid=C%2F2014%20Q2&lat=43.3905555556&lng=-79.922775&loc=Hamilton+Centre+Observatory&alt=100&tz=EST</a> <br><br>Good luck...let me know what you see!<br><br>Roger<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>astronomers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:astronomers@hamiltonrasc.ca">astronomers@hamiltonrasc.ca</a><br><a href="http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca">http://hamiltonrasc.ca/mailman/listinfo/astronomers_hamiltonrasc.ca</a><br>