- Best viewing
– Start looking between 30 minutes and 45 minutes before sunrise.
– Just before sunrise, looking toward the eastern horizon with a very clear, unobstructed view.
– Face East and find a low, clear horizon free of buildings or trees.
o - Binoculars help with Mercury, which will be low and faint.
o - Mercury also has a close conjunction with Saturn in the morning twilight.
o - Mercury will still be quite low and faint in bright twilight, so binoculars greatly improve chances of spotting it.
o - Mercury (magnitude: -0.6) will be brighter than Mars (magnitude: +1.2) and Saturn (magnitude: +0.9) but still low on the horizon in early morning twilight.
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