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. | 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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