Mercury Image 2024/01/10(UT)
Clyde Foster
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| Clyde Foster |
I believe this is a first for me attempting to capture Mercury. As I was imaging Venus this morning at sunrise, I became aware that Mercury is approaching greatest western elongation in the next few days. Thanks to syncing Venus with Sky X, I was able to slew and find the planet in the bright morning glow, at 7” size and 27 deg altitude, about half an hour after sunrise. The IR>685nm appeared to pick out a bit detail better than the R. I have included the Winjupos simulation for comparison. I suspect that the light streak at the bottom may be an artefact (possibly collimation, which I am currently fine tuning) Although I believe amateur contributions may not be of great scientific value, it was nice for me to at least tick off the little planet after all these years![Clyde Foster : Khomas,Namibia]
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