[AZ-Observing] Mercury-star conjunction
- From: "Orman Joe-P27491" <Joe.Orman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:06:34 -0700
This morning (Jan 31), an hour before sunrise, I observed Mercury only 3 =
arc-minutes to the right of Albaldah (pi Sagittarii). To the naked eye =
only 0.1-magnitude Mercury was visible, fairly low in the =
east-southeast, but through 10x50 binoculars the 3rd-magnitude star was =
plainly visible. Mercury will be at its greatest illuminated extent and =
greatest elongation (25 degrees west of the sun) in the next few days, =
so look for it in morning twilight (to the lower left of much-brighter =
Venus, and much closer to the horizon).
Many other things to see during the coming year are listed in my Sky =
Events Almanac 2003:
http://pages.prodigy.net/pam.orman/JoeAlmanac2003.html
--Joe Orman
Joe Orman's Photo Pages:
http://pages.prodigy.net/pam.orman/JoeGallery.html
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