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This Earth map lets you select the observer’s location used to calculate the bearing and elevation of celestial objects. The selected point determines how the sky, rise and set times, and object positions are shown.
Your location: Santa Clara, United States
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Latitude:
37.3541
Longitude:
-121.955

How to find Mercury

This guide starts with a large pattern that is easy to recognize without a telescope.

Follow the route from one recognizable star to the next until you reach Mercury.

Mercury is only 4° above the horizon, so the view is likely to be poor. No suitable observing time was found during the next two nights.

View the current position and visibility tonight

Use the overview to locate the first bright reference, then follow the numbered route.

1

Venus

Use Venus as the bright reference shown on the overview, then follow the indicated direction and angular distance.

2

Mercury

From Venus, move about 6.4° toward the north until you reach Mercury. This is the target field.

How to find Mercury

Finder Chart for Mercury

Finder field 5.0°

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More about Mercury

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