Credit & Copyright: Pete Lawrence
(Digital-Astronomy)
Explanation:
Last Sunday's fading evening twilight featured a young crescent Moon
along the western horizon.
The young Moon also shared the sky with the lovely
Pleiades star cluster and
wandering planet Mercury.
Framed by clouds in this
serene
skyscape from Selsey, UK,
a similar twilight scene was visible around the globe.
Emerging from the cloud bank below the Pleiades, the
narrow sunlit lunar crescent
is overexposed.
Still, the Moon's dim night side is impressively clear, illuminated by
earthshine.
Bright, innermost
planet Mercury lies near the
bottom of the field.
Mercury will remain near the Pleiades,
low in the west
after sunset over the coming days, an
ongoing conjunction of planet and star cluster that will offer
skygazers some excellent binocular views.
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