Contains:  Solar system body or event
Mercury 8 Aug 2023, LacailleOz

Mercury 8 Aug 2023

Mercury 8 Aug 2023, LacailleOz

Mercury 8 Aug 2023

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Mercury is now near to its furthest extent from the sun in the evening sky but it still nestles among the denuded wintry branches of our maple tree. It is difficult to locate on the finder in the early evening twilight, but it can be done with care and luck.Here is a colour image assembled from RGB elements (quickly garnered as the planet descended behind the roof), with details supplied as luminance from three x 3 minute  IR685 nm videos captured before the RGB captures.  The whole was assembled in GIMP. To my eye it looks slightly Moon-like. Many of the features apparent in the WJ simulation can be seen, but the bright sunward edge and the difficult conditions obscure or modify others.

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Mercury 8 Aug 2023, LacailleOz