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Catch the best views of Mercury at its highest in the sky on Saturday (Oct. 8)

On the morning of Saturday (Oct. 8), Mercury will be at its furthest point from the sunrise in the northern hemisphere in an arrangement called the greatest elongation west. 

According to Earthsky (opens in new tab) on Saturday the distance of Mercury from the sun in the sky will be around 18 degrees (two fists’ widths) and through a telescope the planet will appear 51% illuminated. To the naked eye, the planet will be at a magnitude of around -0.8. (The lower an object’s magnitude, the brighter it appears.)

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