Nice image and a new first as I have never had to use "averted vision" to pick out a planet in a photo! But Mercury is in there! Jimmy Ray -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sam@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 4:29 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Solstice Planetary Alignment Here's a shot I took yesterday showing Venus, Jupiter and Mercury just after sunset. http://www.pbase.com/pegsam/image/107350904 Had I planned better I would have known that Mercury was that high and I could have stayed a bit longer tolet the sunset fade to try to get the planet to stand out a bit more from the sun glow. -Sam -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.