The elusive Mercury is out for the next few days, right after dusk. I've only seen it four times. Copernicus allegedly never saw it (though this month's Sky and Telescope begs to differ). Should be easy to find too, because of its proximity to Venus: draw a line between the sun and Venus and Mercury will be there. Pretty, pretty, pretty.
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