Observation by Chris Hooker: Mercury, 7th August 2026

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2026 Aug 07 - 06:15

Uploaded

2026 Aug 08 - 21:02

Objects

Mercury

Equipment

25 cm F/6.3 Newtonian
5x IR Barlow
Baader 685 nm IR pass filter & Thorlabs 850 nm short-pass filter
ZWO ASI178MM camera

Exposure

1 ms @ F/32

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mercury

Title

Mercury, 7th August 2026

About this image

Mercury just past greatest western elongation, imaged in the near-IR over nearby rooftops, so the seeing was poor and deteriorated during the session. The image is a stack of 650 selected video frames out of 200,000 captured. There was not enough data to make separate verification images, although the final image shows some albedo features in reasonable agreement with a blurred WinJupos image.

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