Observation by Nick James: Evening sky from Merida, Mexico

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2024 Apr 12 - 01:03

Uploaded

2024 Apr 28 - 19:51

Objects

The Moon
Jupiter
Uranus
12P Pons-Brooks

Equipment

50mm, f/1.8 lens at f/2.8, Sony A7s iii

Exposure

25x1s

Location

Merida, Yukatan, Mexico

Target name

Evening sky

Title

Evening sky from Merida, Mexico

About this image

Three days after the total solar eclipse I was staying in the lovely city of Merida, on the north coast of the Yucatan in Mexico. From there the ecliptic is almost vertical at sunset so I had a go at taking some pictures of the Moon and Jupiter in the evening sky from the hotel roof. There was some low level cloud and a lot of light pollution but this is the result of stacking 25 x 1s exposures and then removing the background gradient using a median filter. It shows the 3.6 day old crescent Moon, Jupiter, Uranus and Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks just above the cloud at the bottom. At some point, when I have a bit more time, I'll have a go at processing this in colour now that I know that it is worth the effort.

Files associated with this observation

12p_20240412_0103_ndj.jpg (4.0 MB)

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