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Mercury Image 2025/04/20(UT)
Clyde Foster,Rudolf A.Hillebrecht
C.Foster,R.A.Hillebrecht
Plenty of cloud this morning,but I did manage to run a number of Mercury captures.
[Clyde Foster : Khomas,Namibia]
Finally I could grab another fine image of Mercury. Seeing was quite difficult today. Heavy wash out moments changed with short sharp ones. Focussing was very tricky. Got one good video with the ASI715MC and IR 685 filter again. Lots of finer detail resolved. The bright crater left oft the middle is Kuiper. Several more bright and dark objects can be identified in comparison with the WinJupos-simulation.
[Rudolf A.Hillebrecht: Bad Gandersheim,Germany ]