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At left: Mercury from Hervey
Bay in Queensland. This is my first
true go at an RGB image of the planet in quite good seeing conditions. Not quite as
dramatic as near infrared monochrome views but interesting all the same.
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Mercury
animation from May 2005.
It comprises 2 observations - the first by Erwin van der Velden on the 5th using an 8-inch
Cassegrain and Steve Massey (10-inch Newtonian) on the 8th May. The animation clearly reveals the presence of 'real'
surface features moving in accordance with the planets rotation.
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| Mercury 1st October 2006
Daytime images of Mercury captured with a
GSTAR-EX CCD video camera and 10-inch Newtonian reflector.
Filter - Cousins I filter (~750nm) |
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Right:
Mercury transit of the Sun on May 7th 2003 8 inch Newtonian @ f25 with Baader solar
filter. 26 stacked video frames and processed in Adobe PhotoShop. Image not to scale.
Camera: LunaCam 4 (1/3" Video CCD) Time 15:26 AEST |
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