Observation by Chris Hooker: Mercury, 22nd June 2022

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2022 Jun 22 - 06:00

Uploaded

2022 Jun 23 - 09:29

Objects

Mercury

Equipment

254 mm F/6.3 Newtonian
5x IR Barlow
Baader 685 nm long-pass & Thorlabs 850 nm short-pass filters
ZWO ASI174 mono camera

Exposure

0.55 msec @ F/32

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mercury

Title

Mercury, 22nd June 2022

About this image

An early-morning session on Mercury before leaving for work. The planet was at about 28 degrees altitude, and located by offsetting from Venus rather than the Sun. Transparency was good, seeing average, but occasionally good, until it degraded after the Sun rose over the roof and hit the telescope. The data were good enough to allow processing purely in software (PIPP and Registax) without manual frame selection. The albedo features present are in good agreement with the blurred WinJupos image.

Files associated with this observation

Mercury 22 Jun 22.png (51.5 kB)

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Luigi Morrone, Steve Knight, Philip Masding, Paul G. Abel, Ron Johnson

Comments

Philip Masding, 2022 Jun 23 - 20:37 UTC

Nice image Chris. I think videos 10 to 20 give the best result and clearly match features in the reference image. Imaging on a warm Summer's morning is great!

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