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Mercury Image 2025/04/18(UT)
Clyde Foster,Frank J Melillo,Raimondo Sedrani
C.Foster,F.Melillo,R.Sedrani
Conditions were below average this morning,but still sufficient to detect the bright Kuiper crater.
[Clyde Foster : Khomas,Namibia]
I also took my images of Mercury about 8-9 hours after yours. So,I still consider a nearly simultaneous observation! Two days in the row! This is terrific and we can confirm our observations together.
Yes,Kuiper crater is easily visible with a bright contrast at this phase angle. Also,there is another bright spot just upper left side of Kuiper. I'm not sure if this is a bright albedo feature or another rayed crater and it matches well with the WinJUPOS simulator. Will look into it with more details.
Believe it or not,Mercury's apparent disk diameter is larger than Mars!
[Frank J Melillo Holtsville NY U.S.A]
[Raimondo Sedrani : Pordenone,Italy]
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