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Was it Mercury or Venus.

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  • 13-10-2013 5:19pm
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    Sligo Quay
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    I was at Rosses Point Friday night, always a great place to look at sunset in the western sky.
    Below the cresent moon, I notice a ''star'' in the red haze, I don't think it was bright enough for Venus, was it Mercury.
    Venus is surpose is be visible in the evening sky and so is Mercury, but I only saw 1 planet, which 1 did I see.


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    greedygoblin
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    Sligo Quay wrote: »
    I was at Rosses Point Friday night, always a great place to look at sunset in the western sky.
    Below the cresent moon, I notice a ''star'' in the red haze, I don't think it was bright enough for Venus, was it Mercury.
    Venus is surpose is be visible in the evening sky and so is Mercury, but I only saw 1 planet, which 1 did I see.

    Probably Venus, because it's that little bit closer to the moon at the moment, though Venus, Mercury & Saturn are all in really close proximity to one another right now.


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    Sligo Quay
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    greedygoblin wrote: »
    Probably Venus, because it's that little bit closer to the moon at the moment, though Venus, Mercury & Saturn are all in really close proximity to one another right now.
    Strange I didn't see Mercury or Saturn, the horizon was very clear.


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    greedygoblin
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    Sligo Quay wrote: »
    Strange I didn't see Mercury or Saturn, the horizon was very clear.

    Of the three of them Venus is currently the highest in the evening sky. This evening for example, Mercury dropped below the horizon shortly after 6, Saturn a while later, 6:30ish and Venus around 7 (according to google sky maps at least. It was too cloudy to see anything this evening in the sky). It's probably a bit too bright that early to make out Mercury & Saturn. Though I did see Venus a few days ago and it was exceptionally bright.

    I'd recommend google sky maps or stellarium. I often use them for checking up what I'm looking at. They're really handy to have.


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