Mercury Spotters rejoice!

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.

Both!