Early morning on Dec. 10, 2006, there were two groupings of celestial objects worth noticing. Jupiter was close (within 1 deg.) to Mars and Mercury. Jupiter and Mercury are clearly visible in the picture above. Click on the link below to see a closeup with longer exposure and legend. This was my first ever Mercury sighting. I was very happy about that. I can tick off that one thing from my lifetime-to-do list.





Moon was very close (within 1 deg.) to Saturn. I remember seeing a Saturn occultation a few years ago which was very cool.