Mercury
Best time to see: 25 March, 40 minutes after sunset
Altitude: 10°
Location: Pisces
Direction: West
Features: Phase, surface markings
Recommended equipment: 150mm scope or larger
Mercury is an evening planet, but having passed superior conjunction on 28 February, it's pretty close to the Sun at the start of March and won't be seen. The good news is that the inclination of the ecliptic plane – the projection of Earth's orbital plane in the sky – is steep against the western horizon at this time of
