Re: 5 planets
Great show in the western skies indeed. May 14th they should all be within 33 degress.
Did you happen across comet Utsunomiya? It's said to be about mag 4.5 and 10 degrees to the right of Mercury. I haven't looked for it yet as I just read about it.
I did take a good picture of comet Ikeya/Zhang last week in Cepheus showing the nucleus but no tail do to sky pollution and a gibbous moon reflecting the haze.
Clouds perdicted all week for me.
SteveS