Widener University Observatory

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Astronomer’s Notebook: Mercury, the elusive innermost planet The best opportunities in a long time to see the closest planet to the sun are available now.

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Webb and Hubble sink deep into the dazzling Whirlpool Galaxy — Space photo of the week A striking new image of the Whirlpool Galaxy is helping astronomers solve one of the biggest mysteries in star formation.

As night falls, look in west for Procyon, the brightest star of Canis Minor, the little dog. It’s to the lower left of much brighter Jupiter, the Sun’s largest planet. Procyon sets by about midnight.