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Over the next few days they will be getting closer but tonight the family got to see this very elusive world for the first time - try and grab it if you can - look west about 1.2 an hour after sunset
Mercury is so hard to see it is hardly ever this high up in the sky
happy hunting
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Colin has just called me into the garden to look at the 'spaceships' he thinks he has seen :rolleyes: I told him I think it could be Venus and Mercury :lol:
There looks to be three though - low in the sky and to the west, each an equal distance apart and look like they are flashing :unsure: Is this Venus and Mercury or are like Colin thinks we are being invaded? :lol:
remember stars twinkle(flash lol) but planets dont