Mercury in good seeing

[Kyle Edwards]

This afternoon I got a period of very good seeing and was able to image Mercury at a large image scale. It is a crescent now at around 8.5 arcseconds diameter.

http://gallery.caasastro.org/v/membe...+2007.jpg.html

This was taken with Takahashi CN-212 with 2x Meade APO barlow, and ToUCam with IR/UV blocking filter. The sky background is so bright because Mercury is so close to the sun.

[Nereid]

Great work!

What do you estimate your effective resolution is, in arcsecs?

[Kyle Edwards]

Great work!

What do you estimate your effective resolution is, in arcsecs?

Thanks!

The telescope's maximum resolution is .55 arcseconds. Each pixel in that image is around .21 arcseconds.

[JAICOA]

Very nice capture of mercury in day light, Looking forward to see more.

[Kyle Edwards]

Very nice capture of mercury in day light, Looking forward to see more.

Thanks.