Mercury in the spotlight
Sep 04, 2019
2 minutes
by Jonathan Nally
(mag. –0.1, dia. 6.2”, mid-October), is well placed for evening observation during October, above the western horizon after sunset. The innermost planet will reach the point of greatest elongation (ie. greatest angular separation from the Sun), at an angle of 24.6°, on the 20th. Venus will be
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