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To: cripplecreek

Last night you were able to Mercury near the Pleiades constellation to the lower right of the moon. I saw Pleiades but didn’t know Mercury was there, I went to look tonight and didn’t see either.

32 posted on 04/27/2009 7:16:11 PM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)

Last night you were able to Mercury near the Pleiades constellation to the lower right of the moon. I saw Pleiades but didn’t know Mercury was there, I went to look tonight and didn’t see either.

Actually last night I saw Mercury but not the Pleiades. Mercury is very low, it takes to the western light to dim enough to see it ~8:20pm.

Here's a pict I took last night at ~8:40pm

I didn't know the Pleiades were there until I got home

Here's the wide shot on how low they were

SO you really need an open view to the WNW to see Mercury

35 posted on 04/27/2009 7:34:29 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)

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