Observation by Duncan Hale-Sutton: Mercury and the Pleiades

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Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observer

Duncan Hale-Sutton

Observed

2022 Apr 25 - 20:29

Uploaded

2022 Apr 26 - 15:17

Objects

Mercury
The Pleiades (M45)

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 03^h37^m
Dec: +21°39'
Position angle: +33°23'

Field size

8° × 12°

Equipment

Nikon D90 with a Nikkor VR 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED lens

Exposure

2.5s at f/5.6 ISO 1600

Location

Neatishead, Norfolk

Target name

Mercury and the Pleiades

Title

Mercury and the Pleiades

About this image

This was in response to John Chuter's Observer's challenge to photograph Mercury and the Pleiades together. This is a single 2.5s shot at ISO1600 (f/5.6), with the focal length of the lens at 105mm. The original image has been binned x2 and corrected for barrel/pincushion distortion and vignetting.

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2022-04-25-2029UT-DHS Mercury and the Pleiades.jpg (543.5 kB)

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