Mercury 7/5/08

Hi, I captured Mercury this morning directly on the meridian, at 16:22 UT. It's just past 'Max West Elongation' and perfectly placed for imaging. Some albedo features are visible. I used my 10" SCT at f/27, and an SPC900NC webcam with a #23 red filter attached, I rebalanced the colors later during post processing. South is up in this image. Have a good day, Dan

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WOW!!! Dan, that's a nice one! (Yours is best composition in processing there is no doubt, but I've taken the liberty of doing what one often can't do with their own images (overprocessed it to squeeze some extra detail at the expense of smoothness and aesthetics, and enlarged to 110%.) Maybe some craters there on the terminator?

Way to go Dan!!!

Jason H.

Dan Petersen said:

Hi, I captured Mercury this morning directly on the meridian, at 16:22 UT. It's just past 'Max West Elongation' and perfectly placed for imaging. Some albedo features are visible. I used my 10" SCT at f/27, and an SPC900NC webcam with a #23 red filter attached, I rebalanced the colors later during post processing. South is up in this image. Have a good day, Dan

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Dan, great image! Congradulations of getting surface details. I haven't used my scope in weeks due to poor weather and taking vacation. Thanks for posting

Regards,
Steve

these are great!