Dave, Yes, that is definitely Mercury. It's just over 7 degrees from the sun right now. Ken -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of David L Bennett Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:03 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Cc: Patrick Wiggins Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Mercury or Vulcan? Hey Folks, Can someone help me confirm my suspicions about something? The following links are mpegs from SOHO's (http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/) LASCO C3 instrument. I'm curious as to what the bright object moving off to the left of the Sun is. I'm pretty confident it's Mercury but, as I don't have a Nov Sky & Tel, I can't confirm that. Any clue? This vid had several CME's including the X17+ from yesterday. The first link is for a 691k mpeg and the second for a 3.5mb one. http://150.144.30.101/data/LATEST/current_c3small.mpg http://150.144.30.101/data/LATEST/current_c3.mpg Thanks for your help in advance, Dave Bennett _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy