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ALPO-Japan Latest
Mercury Report 2002/07/05(UT)

Ricardo Nunes,Frank J Melillo

Ricardo,Frank


Ricardo Nunes(Celestron C8 Quickcam VideoCamera )
Dear Ikemura:

I've visited the "ALPO Japan Page" and realized that one of my Mercury
images is there!
I beleave that you are responsable for the page (sorry, can't read Japanese)
and remember my good friend Paulo Coelho mentioning that he sent images to
you.

So, I'm sending you my latest Mercury for the page, if that's ok with you.
Conditions were not very good, but even so a dark albedo feature  is visible
north of the equator.
Should I send any more images to you ?

Portugal
Ricardo Nunes
Lisbon, Portugal
[Frank J Melillo  Holtsville NY U.S.A]
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Frank J Melillo(Celestron 203mm Schmidt Starlight Xpress MX-5)

Dear all again-
Here are Mercury images of July 5th.
I think the seeing was a touch better.
Still, the seeing varied during the observing run.
Solitudo Aphodites is obvious in the north.
But, there may be an addition dark albedo area in the south near the terminator.
If true, it could be Solitudo Alarum.
Also, there is a bright area along the SE of the limb.
Is this could be Pieria? I enlarged the right image slightly on the right.
Hopefully, some of you have observed Mercury within the last two days.
The morning apparition has been a little participation so far.
I admitted that Mercury was difficult to image and to observe this time around.
But, I was well prepared for this. So far, I will have one observation from Mario frassati on July 4th.
Three from last week.
More later...
[Frank J Melillo Holtsville NY U.S.A] ≪アメリカ ニューヨーク≫

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