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Mercury can be quite the elusive naked-eye planet, never straying too far from the Sun’s glow.

But this week and into next, the angle of the ecliptic and Mercury’s proximity to brighter Venus will make the innermost planet easy to spot.

And, there are ideal conditions for observing naked eye, with binoculars and even a telescope!

Find out how in this video. See what’s up in the night sky every week with “Eyes on the Sky” videos, astronomy made easy.

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