Conjunctions of Mercury with Regulus and TX Leo.
Mercury, which has been very difficult to see due to continuing bright volcanic sunsets, has recently been observed moving upwards each day through the Leo constellation in post-sunset twilight glow. The accompanying montage compares the conjunction of Mercury with Regulus at 6.15 pm on 4th August (left) with the conjunction of Mercury with TX Leo at 6.22 pm on the 8th (right).

1 second exposures at f5.6 and ISO 800 with a tripod-mounted Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60 compact camera.

Image size reduction for compilation of montage. Minimal application of Star Spikes Pro filter to make celestial objects more clearly visible.