Observation by Chris Hooker: Mercury 21st June 2023

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2023 Jun 21 - 07:13

Uploaded

2023 Jun 21 - 20:11

Objects

Mercury

Equipment

254 mm F/6.3 Newtonian
5x IR Barlow
ZWO ASI174MM camera
610 nm long-pass & 850 nm short-pass filters

Exposure

350 msec @ F/32

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mercury

Title

Mercury 21st June 2023

About this image

Mercury imaged in a short clear window with unexpectedly good seeing, Ant II. Only 16 videos of 10,000 frames each could be recorded before the clouds returned, but for most of the time the seeing was remarkably good and the image on the monitor very steady. The data was processed in PIPP, Autostakkert!3 and Registax 5, without any need for manual frame selection. Comparison of the final image with a blurred version of the WinJupos planetary map shows many of the same albedo features on both.

Files associated with this observation

Mercury 21 Jun 23.png (83.7 kB)

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Steve Knight, Martin Lewis, Bill Leatherbarrow, Andy Wilson, James Weightman, Mike Foulkes

Comments

Martin Lewis, 2023 Jun 21 - 22:57 UTC

Superbly detailed Chris. You must be very pleased with that.

Martin

Chris Hooker

Chris Hooker, 2023 Jun 22 - 06:55 UTC

Thanks, Martin. As usual, just lucky to get the right conditions at the time I was imaging.

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