The Crack of Dawn.

So....I set the alarm for 4.10 am this morning so that we could be up to get the best chance of seeing the alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Mars , Venus and Mercury. There has not been a planetary alignment like the one at present for ten years.We had read that the best time to see them was between 4.30 and 4.40 this morning. It was just coming light at that time and as the other stars faded the planets stood out. We saw Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Venus but Mercury eluded us as it was hidden by the trees in the east. This alignment will continue until the end of February so there is still time to catch it and Mercury will slowly move nearer to Venus in that time so we still might get to see it.