Observations

Date: 4/6/10
Time: 8:30-8:40
Location: Venice, FL
Conditions: Dark, Clear
Observations:
Venus: 10 Degrees high in the West
Brightest whole object in the whole sky.
Flickering a little.
Consistent white color
Mercury: 8 degrees high in between the West and WNW
Very faint, to the right of Venus and down a few degrees
Flickering a lot
Color changing between red and white\
**About 3 degrees of separation between the two objects.

Date: 4/7/10
Time: 8:15-8:25
Location: Venice, FL
Conditions: just passed sunset, still fairly bright near the horizon, only about 10 objects visible in total.
Observations:
Venus: 12 degrees high in the West
Very Bright
Mercury:
about 10 degrees high in the West between W and WNW
Sun still not set, so its even fainter than when observed at darker hours. Just barely visible, occasionally escaping from view for a split second because it was so dim.
*** Again about 3 degrees separation between the two objects.