PLANET MERCURY
IT WILL BE VISIBLE IN NEXT TWO WEEKS. (P.A.) Wellington, Oct. 1. The planet Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, will be visible during the next two weeks, said the dilector of the Carter Observatory (Mr. L. L. Thomsen) today. This planet, because of its proximity to the sun, is usually difficult to observe, said Mr. Thomsen. It will be visible from Wellington in the direction a litt'e south of west, very -ear the horizon toward the end o£ twilight earn evening. The planet will become incieasingly better placed in the next tew days, until October 13. Then it will be at its greatest angular distance from the sun. On October 16 it should be easily identified, as it will appear as a bright, starlike object about five degrees to the left of the cwu-day-old moon A faint star will bo seen below the moon and Mercury, forming a triangle.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 2 October 1947, Page 6
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