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Old May 9th 08, 09:25 PM posted to uk.sci.astronomy,sci.astro.amateur
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, Fri, 9 May 2008 18:05:58, Pete Lawrence
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I can't help feeling you missed something though!

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/conjs/2..._1711_1024.jpg

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/conjs/2..._1715_1024.jpg

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/conjs/2..._1751_1024.jpg


They show Mercury is more or less the same relative position as I
briefly saw it, using old petrol-token binoculars; not sure whether I
really saw it without them. You, of course, should expect a clearer
horizon than I do.

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