After 10 years of astro imaging, this was my first attempt to image Mercury. Taken 6 days after the best evening elongation of the year. NOTE - still using wrong aspect ratio, but did correct in post-processing. Also note that actual time & elevation are approximated. | | Mercury Details: |  | | Night of: | Friday June 7, 2013 | | Site: | Palomar Mountain | | Local Time: | 8:00 PM | Jun 7, 2013 | | Altitude: | 15° | | | Distance: | 84,666,000 miles | | Magnitude: | +0.07 mV | | Diameter: | 7.39 arcsec | | Tilt: | +3.8° NP | | Phase Angle: | 92.69° | | Illumination: | 47.66% |
| | | Camera Settings: | | | Telescope: | 9.25-SCT | | Camera: | Celestron NexImage5 | | f/ratio: | f/10 | | Pixel Scale: | 0.214 arcsec | | Gain: | 4 | | Exposure: | 0.048 sec | | Video Length: | ? | | Frames: | | | Stacked: | 1500 | | Shot: | 2.5K video made from combining several shorter videos |
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