Observation by Neil Morrison: Jupiter and Mercury in evening sky

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Neil Morrison

Observer

Neil Morrison

Observed

2026 Jun 13 - 21:16

Uploaded

2026 Jun 16 - 16:10

Equipment

Sony Slt-65a Samyang F1.4 85mm lens at F1.4

Exposure

ISO 1600 1/160sec

Location

Crawley Sussex U.K.

Target name

Jupiter and Mercury Mercury just touching the Tree line

Title

Jupiter and Mercury in evening sky

About this image

Very lucky imaging with Mercury found by imagining the field of view of my lens and the offset from Jupiter in the Cameras view finder. Mercury is just touching the tree line above the white marker on the image

Could not find Mercury even using Binoculars

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