Mercury
Photo description / processing
Mercury
Date: 30.08.21
Time: UT +3; 15:23
Location: Mikhaylovsk city, 5th-floor balcony;
Apparent diameter: 00' 05.78"
Magnitude: -0.09
Altitude above horizon: 38°
Azimuth: 215°
Illumination: 75.6% of Mercury's visible surface
Distance from Earth: 1.165 AU (174.235 million km)
Equipment:
Telescope: SW 150/750 EQ5 OnStep
Camera: ZWO ASI462MC
Filter: ZWO IR PASS 850nm
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector: ZWO ADC
Barlow lens: Svbony 3x + extension tube
Video: 5 minutes. 30,000 frames in the video
Software: FireCapture (Gain - 140 (23%), Exposure: 10.00ms, FPS: 100, Resolution: 600x600) / PIPP / AutoStakkert3 / Registax6 / Photoshop CC 2015
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Sky-Watcher 150/750
- Camera
- ZWO ASI462MC
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher EQ5 (OnStep)
- Accessories
- SVBONY 3x Barlow, ZWO ADC, ZWO IR 850nm Pass Filter
- Software
- FireCapture, PIPP, AutoStakkert!, RegiStax, Adobe Photoshop CC 2015
- Location
- Mikhailovsk, Russia
- Date taken
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