Contains:  Solar system body or event
Mercury in daylight 2016 08 10 20:07 UT, Almir Germano

Mercury in daylight 2016 08 10 20:07 UT

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Description

SCT 11", f/30, ASI224MC cooled

Hard little fellow... Hard to find in the twilight, hard to focus, hard to process...

In spite of all these, some albedo features did show up.

Used IR 685 nm + Red Astronomik filters, near 20 minutes of total capture time

For comparison, from left, the real result, in the middle a gaussian blurred simulated image from WinJupos, with a good match with predicted features. To the right, the full resolution simulated projection. Hard to nominate the albedo markings, since the correspondence between telescopic views and spacecraft imagery is debatable.

My best image from Mercury so far. I´m surprised with the results!

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Mercury in daylight 2016 08 10 20:07 UT, Almir Germano