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There have been some spectacular images of Mercury’s Sodium tale taken during this evening apparition including this one here (https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=184299) which was taken from La Palma with a narrowband Sodium filter. Chris Hooker managed to get it from the UK using a narrowband filter on April 29 (https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20220501_063522_1a102393e2531ae0). I was at 1100m altitude on La Palma on April 29 and managed to get some long exposures of Mercury which were unfiltered but they seem to have picked up the tail. The orientation appears to match the orientation in Chris’ image. My image is here: https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20220503_162036_9d4690e9d9404d7d. This is a single unfiltered stack and I was quite surprised to have picked it up.
As Comet Section director I like planets that look like comets…
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As Comet Section director I like planets that look like comets…
I like comets that look like planets 😉
Most of the small junk out in the solar system like Caliban, Nereid, Quaoar and Makemake would be brilliant comets if they came close enough to us.
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