<p>Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 1: Open cluster NGC 6709 Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation at 4 A.M. EDT, standing 19° from the Sun. The tiny planet reaches an altitude of almost 5° above the eastern horizon an hour before sunrise, glowing at magnitude 0.2.<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-today-sunday-august-2-2026/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"The Sky Today on Sunday, August 2: Mercury at greatest western elongation"</span></a></p>
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 1: Open cluster NGC 6709 Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation at 4 A.M. EDT, standing 19° from the Sun. The tiny planet reaches an altitude of almost 5° above the eastern horizon an hour before sunrise, glowing at magnitude 0.2.Continue reading “The Sky Today on Sunday, August 2: Mercury at greatest western elongation”
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