Mercury is now easily visible with the other planets in the western sky after sunset. All 5 unaided-eye planets are now within 45 degrees of each other along the ecliptic. This web page by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is one of the best I've seen on the planetary alignment, with a graphic for every evening between now and May 18: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/grandtour/allcharts.html --Joe Joe Orman's Photo Pages: http://pages.prodigy.net/pam.orman/JoeGallery.html -- This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. See this message's header if you want info about unsubscribing or the list's archive. This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal messages. Thanks.