RASC Hamilton Venus and Mercury tonight.

[Mark Kaye]

   I can already see Vemus, but not Mercury.  Sun is still just above the horizon. 
   Clear skies! 
                         MK
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---- Roger Hill wrote ----

>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.  
>
>The fainter "star" beside it is Mercury, in one of it's more favourable appearances. Binoculars will help. 
>
>The picture was taken two nights ago, about 6pm.
>
>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 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 
>
>Good luck...let me know what you see!
>
>Roger
>
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