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Mercury
Published on 7 Apr 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 7th April 2010 @ 20:00 / 8pm
Mercury is at its greatest distance east from the Sun this evening, so you will see every evenings that Mercury is sloping low, lower and lowest meanwhile Venus is rising high, higher, and highest.
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Venus and Mercury
Published on 26 Mar 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 26th March 2010 @ 20:00 / 8pm
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Mercury
The closest planet to the Sun, does re-appearance in the evening skies very low in the west during the last week of March that you may just catch a glimpse of Venus and Mercury before it sets on the horizon by a naked eye.
Both [...]
Earthshine & Venus
Published on 17 Mar 2010 at 00:04.
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Wednesday 17th March 2010 @ 18:30 / 6.30pm
Earthshine, image taken by Derek Rowley.
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Sunlight reflected by Earth that makes the otherwise dark part of the Moon glow faintly. It’s especially obvious during the Moon’s thin crescent phases.
So tonight keep your eye on the western twilight sky just after sunset that Venus is [...]
Venus & Jupiter
Published on 16 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 16th February 2010 @ 17:15 / 5.15pm
This late afternoon after 5pm there will be a very close conjuction of Venus and Jupiter.
Use binoculars to look at the planetary pair near the SouthernWest-West horizon, 20 minutes after sunset. (Jupiter will be upper right of Venus – see the map below.
See the SkyMap.
Moon, Venus and Jupiter
Published on 15 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 15th February 2010 @ 17:15 / 5.15pm
The Waxing Crescent Moon (1.43 day old) is above Venus and Jupiter in the early evening twilight to join the two brightest planets. It should be seen by binoculars.
See the SkyMap.
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