Herb Schaltegger wrote:
At my latitude it was at its best last week but still too low on the horizon
as the sky darkened. Now it's already set by sunset. :-(



Unfortunately, same here... wait till you see these photos though!:
http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/C....rp600x350.jpg
http://www.space.com/images/070119_mcnaughts_pic_02.jpg
http://www.space.com/images/070119_m...t_lazlo_02.jpg
That third one is the tail coming over the horizon from Denver.
The view from SOHO was a knockout! Looked like a rocket going by:
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/
If my little hand-driven orrery is correct, the other object with a
line through it is Mercury.

Pat