Observation by Chris Hooker: Mercury, 8th July 2022

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2022 Jul 08 - 06:15

Uploaded

2022 Jul 08 - 12:00

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

0.33 ms @ F/32

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mercury

Title

Mercury, 8th July 2022

About this image

Better conditions today than on the 5th of July, with Ant II - III seeing for more than 20 minutes. Mercury was just over 10 degrees from the Sun, and close to the minimum elongation for my telescope without sunlight hitting the edge of the primary mirror.

The data was good enough quality to permit image processing entirely in software (PIPP and Registax 5), avoiding the need for manual frame selection, and the stack sizes were larger than on the 5th as well. The resulting image compares well with the blurred WinJupos map for the day.

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Mercury 8 Jul 22.png (65.7 kB)

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