These pictures were taken by Reinhard Kaltenböck on March 14 and 18, 2013 with a SLR camera and a telephoto lens. Very deep on the western horizon, the two planets closest to the Sun appear prominently around 6 PM. But the Venus with a brightness of -3.8 mag probably is the eye catcher. Mercury is slightly higher with a brightness of -0.3 mag. If you already own a telescope, I recommend you to take a closer look at these worthwhile planets. If you do not have a telescope I can recommend you the following ones: :
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