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Mercury Spotters rejoice!

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Our tiniest planet is at the Great Western 
Elongation next week on March 6!

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Because Mercury orbits closer to the sun than 
us, it can be tough to spot -- zipping back

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and forth around our nearest star, but we re 
Star Gazers -- we re here to help!

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First: on February 26th, Mercury is going 
to hit the highest point in the sky but it s

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still low at about 12-degrees (one fist-high 
is about 10-degrees).

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Head out before sunrise and find a spot without 
obstruction of the horizon.

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Just before sunrise, keep a sharp eye out 
for a tiny speck of light that speck is

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lil sun-soaked Mercury!

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Next week on March 6 Merc hits its Western 
Elongation -- the edge of its orbit from our

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perspective!

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If you watch Mercury all week, you ll ALSO 
see Jupiter and Saturn clustered together!

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What a way to start the day, amirite?!

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Keep lookin up -- er, sideways.

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Both!