Mercury – Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings

Planetary Parade

This photo was taken from my back yard with an iPhone yesterday evening. The planetary grouping in the western sky after sunset will become even more spectacular the next few evenings as Jupiter and Venus make their closest approach to each other on the evenings of June 8 and 9. They will share the skyContinue reading “Planetary Parade”

Planetary Trifecta

As yesterday came to a close, planets in the western sky gradually appeared one by one. In this photo Venus rests in the orange glow just above a rooftop. Several minutes later, Saturn came into view near the wispy clouds just below the branches in the upper part of the photo. Finally, as the twilightContinue reading “Planetary Trifecta”

Mercurial Moment

The morning of April 25, 2025, the thin, crescent Moon lay within a triangle framed by Venus, Saturn, and Mercury, but I was nearly denied the opportunity to see this event. At first, clouds below the Moon hid Mercury from view. It was a race to see if the clouds would disappear before Mercury wasContinue reading “Mercurial Moment”

Venus and Mercury

The telescope awaited cloud dispersal in the early evening twilight yesterday, and I was finally able to get images of Venus (upper right) and Mercury (lower right). Venus shows a very thin crescent since it is between Earth and the Sun, while tiny Mercury appears round and is on the opposite side of the Sun.Continue reading “Venus and Mercury”