mercury

[Adamski]

yeah; just found mercury with a stroke of luck. small but there. looking forward to saturn later as the sky is the best its been for me so far, can't wait.

[Porl]

I looked at mercury tonight too looked like a star burning red and yellow to me. Really cool hope the sky stays clear it's super clear here.

Porl

[Tarazed]

Apparently it is estimated that less than one third of the world's entire population has ever seen the planet Mercury!

I'll be keeping an eye out for it over the coming weeks, best day to view is I believe the 23rd March when it reaches maximim elongation... (Happy to stand corrected if this is wrong!)

[mylatestwhim]

Apparently it's tonight (15th March) or so it says on Joderel Bank website.

The Night Sky March 2011 | Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

I'd love to see that bad boy!

Edit - Mercury will be close to Jupiter as shown in 4th image from top - cool!

[Tarazed]

Thanks @mylatestwhim for the update, unfortunately a blanket of low lying misty cloud will deprive me of seeing anything this evening!

[mylatestwhim]

Thanks @mylatestwhim for the update, unfortunately a blanket of low lying misty cloud will deprive me of seeing anything this evening!

Same here - 100% cloud

[yeti monster]

Clouded out here for the conjunction, but hopeful of clearer weather to come for the rest of Mercurys evening visits.

[Demonperformer]

At least Mercury is now going to be higher in the sky than Jupiter, which is easy to identify. So if J is visible, M will not be a problem. At least, that's the theory ...