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How to See Planet Mercury at its Best in 2014
Looking west on January 31st 30 minutes after sunset. (Created using Stellarium).
There’s an often told anecdote that astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus never spied Mercury. And while this tale is almost certainly apocryphal, it does speak to just how elusive the innermost planet of our solar system really is.
Never seen Mercury for yourself? This final week of January offers a good time to try, as Mercury reaches greatest elongation east of the Sun on Friday, January 31st.(…)
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© David Dickinson for Universe Today, 2014. |
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/108533/how-to-see-planet-mercury-at-its-best-in-2014/
