Oh My Morning Mercury | February 22 - February 28
Season 44 Episode 8 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #2021-08 1 minute Feb 22-28, 2021 “Oh My Morning Mercury”
Star Gazers #2021-08 1 minute Feb 22-28, 2021 “Oh My Morning Mercury”
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Oh My Morning Mercury | February 22 - February 28
Season 44 Episode 8 | 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #2021-08 1 minute Feb 22-28, 2021 “Oh My Morning Mercury”
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Our tiniest planet is at the Great Western Elongation next week on March 6!
Because Mercury orbits closer to the sun than us, it can be tough to spot -- zipping back and forth around our nearest star, but we re Star Gazers -- we re here to help!
First: on February 26th, Mercury is going to hit the highest point in the sky but it s still low at about 12-degrees (one fist-high is about 10-degrees).
Head out before sunrise and find a spot without obstruction of the horizon.
Just before sunrise, keep a sharp eye out for a tiny speck of light that speck is lil sun-soaked Mercury!
Next week on March 6 Merc hits its Western Elongation -- the edge of its orbit from our perspective!
If you watch Mercury all week, you ll ALSO see Jupiter and Saturn clustered together!
What a way to start the day, amirite?!
Keep lookin up -- er, sideways.
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