Observation by Chris Hooker: Mercury on 14th August 2026

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Chris Hooker

Observer

Chris Hooker

Observed

2026 Aug 14 - 06:45

Uploaded

2026 Aug 17 - 09:17

Objects

Mercury

Equipment

254 mm F/6.3 Newtonian
5x IR Barlow
Baader 685 nm IR pass filter & Thorlabs 850 nm short-pass filter
ZWO ASI174MM camera

Exposure

1 ms @ F/32

Location

Didcot, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mercury

Title

Mercury on 14th August 2026

About this image

Mercury imaged in relatively poor conditions: below-average seeing and intermittent high cloud. The data required a lot of processing, including manual frame selection. The final image shows some of the same albedo features as the WinJupos map, but is less clear than the image from the 11th.

Files associated with this observation

Mercury 14 Aug 26.PNG (132.2 kB)

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