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dominicdelagol2<p>Happy Autism Acceptance Day from Iridium and Mercury! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/originalcharacter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>originalcharacter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asexual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iridium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iridium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/periodictable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>periodictable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/red" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>red</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yellow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yellow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elementeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elementeon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autismacceptance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismacceptance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autismacceptanceday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismacceptanceday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redinstead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redinstead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lightitupred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightitupred</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rainbowinfinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainbowinfinity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lightitupgold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightitupgold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autismday2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismday2025</span></a></p>
Random Astronomy Pictures OTD<p>APOD from 2016-04-15</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> and Crescent <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> Set</p><p>A colorful evening sky over Lisbon shows Mercury and a crescent Moon setting post-sunset. The Moon, near perigee, is just 3% sunlit but Earthshine reveals more of it. Mercury will soon reach maximum elongation and transit the Sun on May 9, a rare event last seen in 2006.</p><p>HD image at <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160415.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160415.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p>
designbohemian<p>Hermes Greek God Print, Mercury Roman God Illustration (No Frame) by Printagrams <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1862049340/hermes-greek-god-print-mercury-roman-god?ref=rss&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">etsy.com/listing/1862049340/he</span><span class="invisible">rmes-greek-god-print-mercury-roman-god?ref=rss&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hermes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hermes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RomanMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WallArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallArt</span></a></p>
Random Astronomy Pictures OTD<p>APOD from 2009-02-26</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jupiter</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a></p><p>Predawn skies on Feb 23 revealed a crescent Moon with earthshine, joined by Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars in a remarkable conjunction. Captured over Tuggerah Lake, Australia, the photo shows the planets aligned above the glowing horizon.</p><p>HD image at <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090226.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090226.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p>
André<p>Astronomie geht auch am Nachmittag. Nicht nur die Sonne, auch alle inneren Planeten + Jupiter sind problemlos (mit einem 7" Teleskop) am Himmel zu sehen.<br>Alle Bilder gestern (16.3. zwischen 13h und 16h MEZ)<br>Daytime Astronomy. Not only the Sun, but also all other bright Planets are easily (within reason and through a 7" telescope) visible in broad daylight.<br>All images from yesterday, 16.03. between 13h and 16h local time)</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/PlanetenParade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetenParade</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/sonnensystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonnensystem</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venus</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mars</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jupiter</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/daytimeastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daytimeastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
Yora<p>Stargazing emergency news!</p><p>Today is the perfect day to see Mercury. It's just to the left of Venus, about three finger width on an outstreched arm. It becomes visible just as the two are about to disappear behind the horizon where the sun has set.</p><p>Which in Germany is RIGHT NOW!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/stargazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stargazing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a></p>
EmilyLearning how to take pore water samples from a bog! In addition to our surface water samples, we're interested in elemental and methyl-mercury concentrations in the subsurface. <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mercury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mercury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/methylmercury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#methylmercury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/umn?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#umn</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/research?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/peatland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peatland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/waterquality?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waterquality</a>
Daniel Pomarède<p>High resolution image of the eclipse seen from the Moon by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueGhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueGhost</span></a>. You can also spot Mercury (left) and Venus (right) just above the eclipse! This is amazing!!!</p><p>Credit: Firefly Aerospace<br>📷 <a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qRZAU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flic.kr/p/2qRZAU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FireflyAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireflyAerospace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BGM1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BGM1</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SolarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarEclipse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a></p>
Jonny Clark<p>A slightly better shot of <a href="https://birds.town/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://birds.town/tags/venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>venus</span></a> and an almost-full <a href="https://birds.town/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> over <a href="https://birds.town/tags/Belfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belfast</span></a> from my <a href="https://birds.town/tags/kitchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kitchen</span></a> window this evening.</p><p><a href="https://birds.town/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>night</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/nightsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightsky</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urban</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/backyardastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backyardastronomy</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/backyardastrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backyardastrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planets</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/solarsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarsystem</span></a></p>
Benjamin Knispel<p>Conjunction of Venus and Mercury today from Wedemark north of Hanover, Germany. The two planets are 5.5° apart (the closest they will be in this evening visibility period).</p><p>Both were visible to the naked eye, but Mercury (in the lower reddish cirrus clouds near the left edge) was notably fainter than about a week ago.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/LookUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LookUp</span></a></p>
four.wheel.travel<p>Our New Idria ghost town &amp; abandoned mercury mine trip is up!</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/YFzMuD_eDxk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/YFzMuD_eDxk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://overland.social/tags/NewIdria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewIdria</span></a> <a href="https://overland.social/tags/GhostTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhostTown</span></a> <a href="https://overland.social/tags/Abandoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abandoned</span></a> <a href="https://overland.social/tags/Mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mine</span></a> <a href="https://overland.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> <a href="https://overland.social/tags/Cinnabar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinnabar</span></a> <a href="https://overland.social/tags/OffRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffRoad</span></a> <a href="https://overland.social/tags/OffTheBeatenTrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffTheBeatenTrack</span></a> <a href="https://overland.social/tags/FourWheelTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourWheelTravel</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>That escalated quickly ... yesterday <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> at dusk was still quite easy to see, today it was - at +0.2 mag. - much harder and only naked-eye if you knew where to look. And at the limit for a simple cellphone: two pictures 8 minutes apart, with the planet 7 3/4° and 6 1/2° up, respectively, and the Sun 9° and 10 1/4° below the horizon.</p>
Getzler Lab at KenyonCollege<p>Help me Fedi hive-mind! I have a small amount of mercury-contaminated glassware (an old bubbler) that I need to deal with. I have a vague memory of nitric acid being used, but this UIUC sheet is not in favor. I guess I could treat it like a thermometer and break it up, but that's a lot of glass shard to make and manage. <br><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/chemiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemiverse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/hazardous_chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazardous_chemicals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/hazardous_waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazardous_waste</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/lablife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lablife</span></a> <br><a href="https://drs.illinois.edu/site-documents/ElementalMercury.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drs.illinois.edu/site-document</span><span class="invisible">s/ElementalMercury.pdf</span></a></p>
TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Venus and Mercury in evening twilight - two views.</p><p>In bright twilight the sky colors are strong and saturated. Only Venus and Mercury are visible.</p><p>In darker twilight the sky colors are subdued, but some stars are visible. (And with the planets closer to the horizon I switched to landscape orientation.)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Twilight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twilight</span></a></p>
Jonny Clark<p>A beautifully clear day ends with a clear view of <a href="https://birds.town/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> and <a href="https://birds.town/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> over <a href="https://birds.town/tags/Belfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belfast</span></a> from my kitchen window.</p><p><a href="https://birds.town/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/solarsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarsystem</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/northernireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northernireland</span></a> <a href="https://birds.town/tags/ShotOnCanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShotOnCanon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://astrodon.social/@astrophotography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>astrophotography</span></a></span></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Another nice evening glimpse of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> in the dusk sky, this time looking west along the Neckar from the Alte Brücke in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heidelberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heidelberg</span></a>. </p><p>Venus is brighter to the upper right; Mercury is along a diagonal to the left &amp; down from there, just above the thin clouds.</p><p>As seen near the end of today’s 55km cycle – sunny &amp; warm for early March, but chilling rapidly after sunset. I also found some Bärlauch (wild garlic) out towards Ladenburg 😋</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CyclingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingLife</span></a> 🚴‍♂️<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> ✨<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷</p>
Daniel Fischer<p>The 2025 evening apparition of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> is winding down swiftly now, with the elongation - that had peaked at 18.25° yesterday - shrinking again and the planet down to 0.0 mag. But here it is again this evening over Bochum, Germany, to the lower left of Venus: still naked eye but less conspicious than in this cellphone snapshot. In four days it will already be down to +1 mag. and a week from now at +2 mag.</p>
Peter Gutsche<p>Yesterday evening, there were even better conditions to see <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> in the evening sky. Again, from the same spot on a bridge over the <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Escaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Escaut</span></a> river in Northern France.</p><p>To see a short 8 second <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/timelapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>timelapse</span></a> seeing Mercury vanish behind the trees on the horizon:</p><p><a href="https://www.silberspur.de/topics/astro/timelapse-mercury-escaut.mp4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">silberspur.de/topics/astro/tim</span><span class="invisible">elapse-mercury-escaut.mp4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Astronomie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomie</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Astro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astro</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/AstroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AstroPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Astrofotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrofotografie</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Planets</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Planeten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Planeten</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> NaturePhotography <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>River</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Fluss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fluss</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Wasser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wasser</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Stille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stille</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Kontemplation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kontemplation</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Spiegelung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spiegelung</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Zeitraffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zeitraffer</span></a></p>
Mark McCaughrean<p>Some more pictures of this evening's lovely view of Mercury setting with Venus in the western sky over Mannheim &amp; Ludwigshafen. </p><p>1. Venus above, Mercury below, 19:18:50CET</p><p>2. Zoomed in, Mercury alone, 19:22:15CET</p><p>3. Venus above, Mercury below, 19:32:34 CET</p><p>4. Venus above, Mercury just 0.1º above the horizon, 20:10:10CET (will add an annotated version below) 🙀</p><p>Sunset was at 18:16CET today.</p><p>More details 👇</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> 🔭<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> 📷<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> ✨📷</p>
Benjamin Knispel<p>Mercury and Venus will move closer and closer together in the coming week.</p><p>On 12&nbsp;March, they will be at their minimum distance of 5.5° in the evening. Then Mercury will be fainter and both objects will be at a smaller angular distance from the sun.</p><p>Simulated view for the evening of 12&nbsp;March. The red frame is the field of view of a full-frame camera with a 100 mm lens.</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercury</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>