Astronomers (and other Visionaries) take note--

Tue Nov 7 22:09:22 CST 2006

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Ande wrote:

> Transit of Mercury tomorrow (Wednesday Nov 8th) from 11:12 to 4:09 PST 
> -- find someone with a telescope, not as cool as transits of Venus (next 
> one 2012) but the Transits of Mercury occur once every ten years or so, 
> and are the only time Mercury is visible from Earth. Transits of Mercury 
> were, historically when the distance from the Earth to the Sun were 
> calculated.

It isn't true that Mercury is only visible from Earth during
transits.  A couple, three years ago I saw it just after
sunset.  I was surprised, as it is often overcast, but the
news said to look for it, and my commute across farmland
provided an adequate visto.