[ExI] treat for mercury fans

[BillK]

On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 at 19:41, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> A lot of people have never seen Mercury.  The next few days would give you
> the best opportunity, as it reaches a really high elongation.
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> Go out at dusk if it is clear and you have a good view to the west.  Venus
> is the bright one up there.  You know where the plane of the ecliptic: it
> drops at an angle of 90 degrees minus your latitude.
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> Along that ecliptic, about half way between the horizon and Venus is
> Mercury.  It is a fortunate coincidence that Mercury reaches its aphelion
> close to the winter solstice.
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> spike
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You need a picture here.    :)
[image: mercury.webp]
from <https://www.space.com/33619-visible-planets-guide.html>

BillK
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