Planet Mercury at the bottom & M45 (The Pleiades) above right taken on the 28th April 2022 at 2015 local time MST in Arizona, USA. Richard acquired this splendid image using a Canon 6D, 400mm tele f2.8, ISO 800 and 12 second exp.
Category: Mercury
Conjunction of Mercury, Venus and the Moon.
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The recent conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Mercury in the evening sky has been delighting our members, below are some contributions from those who imaged it.
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Image by Jim Burchell The Moon and Mercury showing Earthshine. Taken Dartford top road. Pentax K70.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by John Howarth Venus is at lower right on both photos, Mercury (faint, but visible) is about equidistant from Venus and the moon, practically level with the moon.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by John Howarth Venus is at lower right on both photos, Mercury (faint, but visible) is about equidistant from Venus and the moon, practically level with the moon. Taken from the park.[/caption]
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Image by Stephen Goldson 'First time I've seen Mercury clearly'[/caption]
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Conjunction of Mercury and Venus
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Image by John Howarth Image taken through glass in upstairs window. (Window will open but not in the right direction. Telephone wires are a nuisance too, just in wrong place..or perhaps Mercury's in the wrong place!)[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by Jim Burchell - no details provided[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by Jim Burchell Image of Venus and Mercury taken this evening (2020,05/19) at Barn End Lane Dartford[/caption]
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Transit of Mercury, 11th November 2019
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Despite the poor weather our members were out in force observing the transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun, something that has to be done carefully to be safe.
There were 8 members and 4 visitors at the Observatory with a variety of 'scopes . Rita and Honor also had their PST's on hand. Other members observed at their homes or online.
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White light photo by Mike Rushton taken 14:50 on 11/11/19. C8 with f/6.3 focal reducer on HEQ5 Pro. Full aperture glass solar filter Canon 60D at prime focus ISO 1600, Exp 1/400 sec.[/caption]
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Image by Janice McClean[/caption]
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Image by Martin Crow 2019-11-11 14:53UT Ha Image[/caption]
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Image by Honor Wheeler in White Light[/caption]
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Image of the Transit of Mercury 11/11/2019 by Richard Bohner[/caption]
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