The planets Venus and Mercury are in the west as night falls. Venus is the “evening star,” so it’s easy to pick out. Smaller Mercury is much harder to see. It looks like a moderately bright star, but it’s much lower in the sky than Venus is.
The planets Venus and Mercury are in the west as night falls. Venus is the “evening star,” so it’s easy to pick out. Smaller Mercury is much harder to see. It looks like a moderately bright star, but it’s much lower in the sky than Venus is.