Observation by Chris Hooker: Mercury in infrared, May 6th

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2018 May 06 - 07:30

Uploaded

2018 May 08 - 20:48

Objects

Mercury

Equipment

Orion Optics 254mm Newtonian
ZWO ASI120MM-S camera
TeleVue 3x Barlow lens
Baader IR pass filter

Exposure

1/250 second @ F/19

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mercury

Title

Mercury in infrared, May 6th

About this image

Mercury near Western elongation imaged in excellent transparency but poor seeing. Out of 20 videos of 3000 frames, only 660 frames were of reasonable quality, i.e 1.1%. A selection of around 2/3 of these was made to obtain the final image stack, which shows several light regions near the terminator and on the limb, in agreement with a reference image from Stellarium subjected to blurring.

Files associated with this observation

Mercury 6 May 2018 members.PNG (190.9 kB)

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