Tonight and tomorrow the pair of planets, Mercury and Mars will be about 30′ apart, close enough to easily fit in the low power view of most small telescopes. The pair will be 13° above the sunset, setting about an hour after the Sun slides below the horizon.
After the 8th the pair will separate, with Mercury heading for maximum elongation on February 16th.
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Let me know if you or anyone else sees this conjunction… I went out the other night to see if I could still see Mars and couldn’t, so suspect the conjunction would be hard to spot too. Mercury should be easy in a few more days… -Dean
Clouds!