Stargazers hoping to catch a glimpse of Mercury tonight will be delighted to know the planet shines with an apparent magnitude of 1.1.
Weather permitting, the innermost planet of the solar system should stand out in the starlit skies this week.
Mercury will be bright enough to see by naked eye but your window of opportunity to catch the glowing orb is narrow.
The planet is only visible around sunrise and sunset this week, although the exact times will vary from place to place.
How to see Mercury at night?
Early birds are best suited to see Mercury this week because the planet rises closest to the Sun.
Your best bet is to camp outside with a pair of decent binoculars in the early hours around sunrise.
Alternatively, you can stay up and wait for the Sun to go down and Mercury should be visible near the horizon.
Mercury will rise about seven degrees above the eastern horizon this week, roughly 30 minutes before sunrise.
Just below Mercury you should also be able to see the bright star Regulus, or Alpha Leonis.
In London, the planet rose today at 5am BST and will set at 7.20pm BST.
Over in New York, stargazers should look out for Mercury setting around 6.55pm local time.
In Sydney, Australia, the planet will set at 4.48pm local time today.
But Mercury is not the only member of the solar system visible tonight and there are some planets even easier to spot.
What other planets are visible tonight?
The two brightest stars visible tonight are Mars and Saturn, both of which promise to outshine their competition.
From London, Mars will be visible tonight from 6.30pm BST to 1.44am BST on the following morning.
Tomorrow, the planet will rise and set at a similar time, appearing in the night sky at 6.26pm BST and disappearing by 1.42am BST on Saturday, September 8.
You can spot Mars rise in the southeast skies at 133 degrees and watch it set in the southwest at 227 degrees.
Saturn will show up a bit earlier than Mars, gracing the skies with it’s presence between 4.11pm BST and 12.05am BST.
The Ringed Planet will shine with a magnitude of 0.4 – one of the brightest objects in the sky.
You can spot Saturn through your telescope or binoculars in the southern skies between 127 degrees and 233 degrees.
If the weather conditions in your area are good enough, you should also be able to spot Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune to boot.