Last night I drove to the top of the Heath to obtain a clear north-western horizon: with a virtually cloudless sky, I was able to take a few pictures of Venus and Mercury, the two innermost planets of the Solar System. Mercury is growing dimmer each day: as it moves around the Sun it shows an increasingly thin crescent. Tonight will be the best time to view this conjunction until 2033: worth a look!
This morning an early rise provided views of giant planet Jupiter and its four largest moons: Io, Calisto, Ganymede and Europa. I was interested to note on several photos that a bright red point of light moved around to the west of Jupiter...
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