Labels:bulletin board | reckoner | sky | stairs OCR: Mercury: Althoueh Mercur the smallest and nearest planet the sur ts reflected light is equal to that of the bright star Sirius Nevertheless, except for the thirty min- utes before dawn ascends, and just after dusk asi follows the sur over the western horizon the planet is difficult to detect This is beca ause Mercury never appears more than 28 degrees from the sun. In 1889 the year Van Gogh resided in Saint-Remy, Europe's attention was rivet ed on this planet, thanks ta the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, who had published the first draw- ings of Mercury's surface The glowing qIa to the left of the cypress in Starry Nig]# over Saint Remy may record the appearance f ascendant Mercury just before dawn Althoug asit because Rermy Italiar Stermy Night
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