Mercury and 136199 Eris will share the same right ascension, with Mercury passing 6'17" to the south of 136199 Eris.
From South El Monte however, the pair will not be readily observable since they will be very close to the Sun, at a separation of only 21° from it.
Mercury will be at mag -0.3, and 136199 Eris at mag 18.4, both in the constellation Cetus.
The pair will be close enough to fit within the field of view of a telescope, but will also be visible through a pair of binoculars.
A graph of the angular separation between Mercury and 136199 Eris around the time of closest approach is available here.
The positions of the two objects at the moment of conjunction will be as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| Mercury | 02h09m00s | 10°19'N | Cetus | -0.3 | 6"1 |
| 136199 Eris | 02h09m00s | 10°26'N | Cetus | 18.4 | 0"0 |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0. The pair will be at an angular separation of 21° from the Sun, which is in Taurus at this time of year.
The sky on 11 Jun 2026
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Source
The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE440 planetary ephemeris published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
This event was automatically generated by searching the ephemeris for planetary alignments which are of interest to amateur astronomers, and the text above was generated based on an estimate of your location.
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Image credit
The Moon in conjunction with Venus and Jupiter, with the Very Large Telescope in the foreground. Image © Y. Beletsky, ESO, 2009.