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    Post  Carol Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:08 am

    SOLAR CONJUNCTION OF MERCURY Mercuryconjunction_strip
    SOLAR CONJUNCTION OF MERCURY: An astronomical conjunction is underway this week--but don't bother looking up because it is hidden in broad daylight. Mercury is passing only a degree and a half from the sun. Using an opaque disk to block the sun's glare, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) took this picture of the close encounter on Sept. 10th:In the weeks ahead, Mercury will move away from the sun, emerging from the glare in mid-October to assume the role of Evening Star in the western sky at sunset. Until then, it takes a coronagraph to see the comings and goings of the innermost planet. http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/coronagraph.html


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