This is a picture of both the moon and Mercury. The two celestial objects rose in the early morning sky on April 19th. Last week, Mercury wandered far to the west of the sun. It was joined by the crescent moon only because it is the closest planet to the sun. The greatest angle created by this short distance, which is about 27 degrees is, allows the two to be seen together. The two objects managed to stay about 8 degrees apart from each other as they rose in the early morning sky. The images were taken about every 3 minutes and combined to create this image.
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