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    PICK OF THE MONTH

    Aug 10, 2023 3 minutes

    Mercury

    Best time to see: 22 September, from 1 hour before sunrise
     Altitude: 7° (low)
     Location: Leo
     Direction: East
     Features: Phase, surface markings
     Recommended equipment: 150mm or larger

    Mercury isn't visible at the start of the month when it will be an evening object setting before the Sun and too faint to be seen under daytime conditions. Inferior conjunction occurs on 6 September when Mercury lines up with the Sun, passing 3.8° to the south of the Sun's centre.

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