Observation by Marc Charron: Mercury and Venus in Dayliight

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Marc Charron

Observer

Marc Charron

Observed

2025 Mar 14 - 11:35

Uploaded

2025 Mar 14 - 14:27

Objects

Venus
Mercury

Equipment

Celestron C9.25
2.5x Televue PowerMate
Altair Astro GPCAM 178M
Rainbow Astro RST-135E
Red Filter No. 25

Location

Ayr, Scotland, UK

Target name

Mercury and Venus

Title

Mercury and Venus in Dayliight

About this image

A view of the two planets in daylight (shot about 11:35 UT) at the same magnification taken with a Celestron C9.25 with 2.5x PowerMate, 178M camera with a red fliter (No. 25). The scope was slewed from Venus to Mercury showing that the latter looks tilted due to its position in the sky with respect to the sun. Seeing was abysmal, but I was just able to pull enough frames to make the images presentable!

Video stacked in Lynkeos for Mac and processed in Affinity Photo 2.

Files associated with this observation

Mercury and Venus Mono Red Filter 250314.jpg (799.3 kB)

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