(Posted 4 September 2016) The evening planet twilight show has well and truly ended with both Mercury and Jupiter lost in the evening twilight for casual sky watchers. I couldn’t see Mercury with my unaided eyes and it was only just visible in the images I took. I could see Jupiter but it wasn’t its usual dazzling self. Blame that well and truly on atmospheric absorption.
![Moon, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter in evening twilight image. (c) 2016 Paul Floyd. Canberra, Australia.](http://nightskyonline.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/4_September_2016_Moon_Mercury_Venus_Jupiter_image_evening_twilight_Canberra_Australia_Paul_Floyd_Nightskyonline_info-195x300.jpg)