Off-duty preacher's prattle http://ilkleybaptist.blogspirit.com/science/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:04:55 +0100 All Rights Reserved http://ilkleybaptist.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/12/11/mercury.html http://ilkleybaptist.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/12/11/mercury.html noreply@blogspirit.com (hatless) Science Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:05:49 +0100 On Tuesday afternoon, about 4.30pm, while driving down the A65 past Addingham, I saw Venus over the moor, intensely bright, and below and to the right of it, a smaller light, which was Mercury. I've never seen it before. I believe it will get closer to Venus over the next few weeks.