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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Mercury Solar Conjunction September 6th
URL: https://whenthecurveslineup.com/2023/08/14/2023-september-6-mercurys-inferior-conjunction/
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Sun + Mercury const. Leo, Earth const. Aquarius --------------------------------------------------------- September 6, 2023: Mercury is at inferior conjunction between Earth and Sun. Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are easily visible during nighttime hours. by Jeffrey L. Hunt Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 6:21 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 7:16 p.m. CDT. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times. Times are calculated by the US Naval Observatory’s MICA computer program. Mercury passes between Earth and Sun today. This is known as inferior conjunction. The planet races around the sun every eighty-eight days and overtakes and laps our planet every one hundred, sixteen days. This event is not easily visible by conventional means because Mercury is with the sun. After today’s inferior conjunction, the planet zips into the morning sky for its best predawn display of the year. The planet reaches its largest separation from the sun, known as greatest elongation, on the 22nd. The closest separation it has to Venus is 23.1° on the 18th. This puts four bright planets that are visible after midnight and before sunrise. |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Mercury Solar Conjunction September 6th
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Just keeping keep watch as I usually do for increased solar activity with Mercury solar conjunctions which happen approx. every 44 days. ~Eve Mercury at inferior solar conjunction This event is not observable at present from Tampa. Never attempt to point a pair of binoculars or a telescope at an object close to the Sun WED, 06 SEP 2023 AT 07:04 EDT (11:04 UTC) 14 HOURS AWAY Dominic Ford, Editor From the Inner Planets feed Tags: Solar Conjunction Objects: Mercury Tampa The sky at 13:07 EDT on 6 Sep 2023 Mercury will pass very close to the Sun in the sky as its orbit carries it between the Sun and Earth. This occurs once in every synodic cycle of the planet (116 days), and marks the end of Mercury's apparition in the evening sky and its transition to become a morning object over the next few weeks. At closest approach, Mercury will appear at a separation of only 3°45' from the Sun, making it totally unobservable for several weeks while it is lost in the Sun's glare. Mercury will also pass perigee – the time when it is closest to the Earth – at around the same time, since it will lie on exactly the same side of the Sun as the Earth in the Solar System. It will move to within a distance of 0.64 AU from the Earth, making it appear with its largest angular size. If it could be observed, it would measure 10.6 arcsec in diameter, whilst appearing completely unilluminated. The position of Mercury at the moment it passes solar conjunction will be: Object Right Ascension Declination Constellation Angular Size Mercury 10h52m30s 3°05'N Leo 10.6" Sun 10h58m 6°34'N Leo 31'43" |
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