This evening marks the conjunction of Mercury and Saturn this February, at least for viewers in the eastern U.S.  They are closest (slightly less than 1.5° apart) at 0245 UT on Feb 25, which means that observers on the other side of the world would be best positioned to see that event.  Our view shows Mercury at magnitude -1.19 and Saturn at +1.14, separated by 1°36'13".  For comparison, Saturn is almost exactly the same brightness as the star Pollux, while Mercury is about half-way between the brightness of the two brightest stars, Sirius and Canopus.  This scene was captured with a 230 mm lens, slightly longer than yesterday's scene, so the gap between the two is more magnified in this picture.   Unannotated image.