Jupiter (Upper right) and Mercury (Lower left)
I had a clear western sky last night at 18:45 / 6.45pm that I see Mercury (on the right) has moved upper to close Jupiter that  it has showed to compare I saw last Monday 14th. (See photo of Monday 14th.)

Hopefully tonight after 18:00 / 6pm I will look west for Mercury passing above Jupiter at twilight sky.

The image showed below that you could find it tonight.

Jupiter (Upper left) and Mercury (Lower right)
The image was captured by Derek Rowley, Milton Keynes, UK at 18:30 / 6.30pm.

Mercury passes Jupiter in bright twilight around March 15th.

Mercury
This month (March 2011) is your best chance to spot Mercury all year, because Mercury reaches the highest sky and longest evening apparition.

Plus the best this week
Mercury in the evening  west to spend the week from Saturday 12th March 2011  to Friday 18th March 2011 within 5 degrees of Jupiter, and better to use a binocular to overlook Mercury alone, the pairing is absolutely unmistakable.

Thanks, Sky & Telescope for animation
Find a spot with a clear, open view low to the west, and you can watch Mercury passing Jupiter in twilight from March 13 to 16. Click here for a Sky & Telescope’s  animation!

Updated @ 17:15 / 5.15pm

STS-133 comes to End
The Shuttle is resting after a spectacular final landing, after 27 years of service during that it was racked up excatly one cumilative year in space and an odometer reading of more than 148 million miles!

Now it has booked into history books. Good Bye, Discovery!

Next mission
Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134 will be launched target on April 19th 2011 (134th space shuttle flight.)

Updated @ 13:00 / 1pm

Image above
This map shows the path space shuttle Discovery will take for an 11:57 a.m. EST, / 16:57 (4.57pm) UK time landing today at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Report live :- NASA Landing Blog

TV Live :- Landing

NASA Television Online
Space Shuttle STS-133 (Discovery) mission coverage is available at the NASA TV.

Space Shuttle STS-133 :- Latest News and Timeline.

Click here for enlarge image – Jupiter  6 degrees from Crescent Moon tonight.  The photo was captured by Derekscope (Derek Rowley).

Good opportunity for photo!
Keep your eye on the western twilight sky just after sunset, waxing crescent Moon – only 2% sunlit that should be an amazing slight, if your skies are clear.

Moon
Moon age :-  0.57 day old
Moon sets :- 17:42 / 5.42pm
Constellation :- Capricornus (The Sea Goat)
Disk Illumination :- 2% sunlit
Distance from Earth :- 250,077 miles
Best seen :- From 17:00 / 5pm to 17:30 / 5.30pm

Sun
Sun sets :-  16:52 / 4.52pm
Constellation :- Capricornus (The Sea Goat)

The Crescent Moon, only 13% sunlit, lies just over 4 degrees south of brilliant white planet, Venus in the early morning at the SouthEast, best view from around 06.45 / 6.45am.

Catch Venus and Antares (orange star) in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion) rising in the SouthEast just after 05:00 / 5am.

See the SkyMap for sighting – excellent opportunity for photo!

Click here for the SkyMap to diagram for triangle.

Lepus (The Hare)
This constellation is visible this month till around the end of February 2011, Lepus is a small constellation lying under the feet of Orion (The Hunter), and is pursued across the sky by his dog in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog).

Deep Sky Objects in Lepus
(Click on the photo for enlarge image.)

NGC 1964
Spiral Galaxy
Mag: 10.7
RA: 05h 33m / DEC: -21 57
Faint, large and round; small, very bright nucleus.
Distance: 65 million ly

NGC 1979
Elliptical Galaxy
Mag: 11.8
RA: 05h 34m / DEC: -23 19
Pretty bright lens.
Distance: 65 million ly

M79 (NGC 1904)
Globular Cluster
Mag: 8.1
RA: 05h 24m / DEC: -24 33
Medium concentration of stars, pretty large, extremely rich, well resolved, very faint stars.
Distance: 45,000 ly
Extends: 75 ly

Features of Interest :-  R Leporis (R Lep)
A long-period variable in the constellation Lepus, easily seen in binoculars when at maximum brightness. It was discovered by John Hind who described it as “… resembling a blood drop on the black field of the Night Sky.”

R Leporis is the reddest reasonably bright star in the sky. Its wide variability comes about because the star produces enormous amounts of carbon which, when dredged up through convection, makes its way to the outer layers of the atmosphere. Carbon particles, or soot, concentrate to create an outer shell that dramatically dims the star. This dimming gives R Lep its extremely red appearence. At some point much of the carbon is blown away from the star and the process begins again.

Visual Magnitune :- 7.7 average; 6th to 10th range.
Period :- 427 days.
Position :- RA:- 04h 59m 36s  / DEC :- -14`48.