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View Comments By David Filed in Observing notes, Star Parties and Events Tagged with Mars, mercury, Planet, Saturn, Solar System, Venus April 11th, 2010 @ 9:35 am

DSC_0228, originally uploaded by david parmet.

Last night was only the second time I’ve seen Mercury and the first time I’ve ever seen four planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn) in one night at one time.

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