Mercury?

[Harvestman]

Here's one I prepared earlier...

Back on midsummer's day, this year, I was on the ridge top at sunset, and so started to take a few photos. Not being very good with my camera, I accidentally activated the full digital zoom on top of the optical zoom, and got a close up of some orange sky.

However, when I looked at the shot later, I saw this:

Is that dot in the upper right the planet Mercury, by any chance? The sun had only been down minutes, and I can't think of anything else that it can be. It certainly isn't venus, as I know that and it was elsewhere in the sky on that date.

Opinions?

 

[torc]

As the ISS grows it can now be seen in daylight hours, conditions permitting. Bright Iridium flares can also be seen. It could also just be a planet or a bright star.
Use this website to find out, http://www.heavens-above.com/?lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET.
Input your location here, http://www.heavens-above.com/selecttown.asp?CountryID=UK and then get the sky chart for the time and day you want here, http://www.heavens-above.com/skychart.aspx?SL=1&SN=1&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET.
Happy trails...torc.

 

[gregorach]

Quite possibly. I believe Mercury was just about visible at dusk around that time.

 

[ged]

Difficult to tell the elevation from the photo, but my guess is Mars. Too much light for it to be Saturn I think. You'd have been very luck to catch mercury on that date, greatest visibility was on June 15th.

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/30may_starsandplanets/