Observation by Chris Hooker: Mercury on 25th August 2019

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2019 Aug 25 - 13:30

Uploaded

2019 Aug 27 - 21:19

Objects

Mercury

Equipment

254mm F/6.3 Newtonian
TeleVue 3x Barlow
ZWO ASI120MM-S camera
Baader 610nm & IR-cut filters

Exposure

0.4 msec

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mercury

Title

Mercury on 25th August 2019

About this image

Mercury imaged under good conditions, with minimal jet-stream but significant local seeing disturbances from nearby sources on a hot day. A total of 170,000 frames captured, selected in software and by eye, processed in Registax. The albedo features on the final image are a good match with those on a blurred version of one from Messenger data.

See also Martin Lewis's excellent image from the same day.

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