thescienceofreality: Mercury on the Horizon Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado “Have you ever seen the planet Mercury? Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it never wanders far from the Sun in Earth’s sky. If trailing the Sun, Mercury will be visible low on the horizon for only a short while after sunset. If leading the Sun, Mercury will be visible only shortly before sunrise. So at certain times of the year an informed skygazer with a little determination can usually pick Mercury out from a site with an unobscured horizon. Above, a lot of determination has been combined with a little digital manipulation to show Mercury’s successive positions during March of 2000. Each picture was taken from the same location in Spain when the Sun itself was 10 degrees below the horizon and superposed on the single most photogenic sunset. Currently, Mercury is visible in the western sky after sunset, but will disappear in the Sun’s glare after a few days.” Click for high-res version

thescienceofreality:

Mercury on the Horizon

Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado

“Have you ever seen the planet Mercury? Because Mercury orbits so close to the Sun, it never wanders far from the Sun in Earth’s sky. If trailing the Sun, Mercury will be visible low on the horizon for only a short while after sunset. If leading the Sun, Mercury will be visible only shortly before sunrise. So at certain times of the year an informed skygazer with a little determination can usually pick Mercury out from a site with an unobscured horizon. Above, a lot of determination has been combined with a little digital manipulation to show Mercury’s successive positions during March of 2000. Each picture was taken from the same location in Spain when the Sun itself was 10 degrees below the horizon and superposed on the single most photogenic sunset. Currently, Mercury is visible in the western sky after sunset, but will disappear in the Sun’s glare after a few days.”

∞Posted on February 19, 2013

Reblogged from: The Science of Reality

Notes: 251 notes

Tags: APOD,Astronomy Picture of the Day,photography,Mercury,earth,


Notes

  1. imexactly-whoimsupposedtobe reblogged this from threesilverrings
  2. threesilverrings reblogged this from ohmysagan
  3. claraoswatson reblogged this from onwednesdayswestudyinpink
  4. onwednesdayswestudyinpink reblogged this from science-junkie
  5. juliana2602 reblogged this from science-junkie
  6. ah-thenah reblogged this from thescienceofreality
  7. astrocosmonaught reblogged this from science-junkie
  8. prettydamnednice reblogged this from science-junkie and added:
    This is really interesting! Don’t think I’ve seen Mercury though but it’ll be pretty cool to see! Will have to start...
  9. thriftshopthunder reblogged this from science-junkie
  10. meliiiiiiiiiiiii reblogged this from science-junkie
  11. ravenhairrr reblogged this from science-junkie
  12. di-ssident reblogged this from science-junkie
  13. rsrayjan reblogged this from science-junkie
  14. orange-nimbus reblogged this from science-junkie
  15. sacredgeoart reblogged this from science-junkie
  16. franciscoinzone reblogged this from science-junkie
  17. moshkelionz reblogged this from science-junkie
  18. psaiken reblogged this from science-junkie
  19. kaniadwiputri reblogged this from science-junkie
Top of Page