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Mercury was visible to the naked eye, but I didn’t see much else. Was not really looking for stars though. Nice shot, btw.

• tzs 9y ago
  Where I was watching (the "day tripper" area at Solartown in Madras, Oregon) there was one bright point source reasonably near the Sun which I assume was Mercury [1]. Overall the sky was brighter than I expected, and if there were stars visible there were not many of them. There was also some idiot's drone buzzing above us, with red lights on two of its opposite arms and green lights on the other two arms. [1] or rather, I assume it was the same planet you saw.
  • waynecochran 9y ago
    That was Venus. not Mercury.
    • DigitalJack 9y ago
      I sit corrected :)
    • 4ad 9y ago
      It was neither. It was Regulus. Mercury was further away (still relativelly close) and Venus was much further away.
      • 4ad 9y ago
        Amazing how one gets downvoted for stating simple, trivially verifiable facts. https://i.imgur.com/VYqvYHAr.png https://i.imgur.com/VYqvYHAr.png http://www.americaneclipse2017.org/maps/the-sky-during-totality/ http://www.americaneclipse2017.org/maps/the-sky-during-total... http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/total-solar-eclipse-all-sky-maps/ http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news...
• waynecochran 9y ago
  Venus was the only planet (or star) that stood out.