Starry Skies to one and all!
From around 9pm to 9.30pm tonight you have the chance to easily find a planet that not even some "proper" astronomers have seen: Mercury. The Moon is once again our locator for this elusive planet. Look above the horizon just to the right of west, in the direction where the Sun set. With clear skies you will see a very thin crescent Moon (and I mean thin). The delicate "star" just below is Mercury.
Easy-Peasy-Mercury-Squeezy.
Anton
[Captain Cosmos]
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