Taken from the clubs new observing site in the Burren, 4th May '08 at 9:48:58 PM.
Mercury setting in the West.
I also made a video showing it setting.
You can see it here;
http://www.frankryanjr.com/mercury.wmv
(If anyone knows how to make it into a animated gif or something
not so big please let me know)
And here it is right on the horizon
Mercury setting
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Wasnt mercury cool, through the scope it was a rainbow 2/3 phase, small but there, it was cool to see it sink into the horison like it did.
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