If you believe that you will never be able to see features on Mercury (as I did), take a look at this!
https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=158104
Roger Samworth
Sun 11/12/2019
Some interesting prominences today.
Moon 09/12/2019
Some quite nice features on display tonight.
The domes of Mons Rumker and those of the Marius Hills (just!) (The pimply stuff near Marius)
Schroters valley on display too.
Sun 09/12/2019
Today’s prominences.
Sun today – – – 08/12/2019
After a long period of virtually no activity, some moderately interesting prominences this morning, with some detached plasma.
Arago Lunar domes
Nice clear moon yesterday evening.
A chance for a bit more dome-hunting. This time the ones near crater Arago. Most domes are difficult to spot, the Arago ones are especially elusive.
See https://the-moon.us/wiki/Arago_Domes
You can just about make them out on this image.
Leo triplet in the morning (01/12/2019)
While waiting for “Mercury in the morning”, Leo was high in the sky, and although not ideally placed from the window-sill, I decided to try for an image of one of my favourite targets, the Leo triplet, NGC3628, M65 and M66. Not as good as my previous efffort (https://roslistonastronomy.uk/leo-triplet), but not too bad given dawn was just about breaking.
Mercury in the morning (2) 01/12/2019
Same routine as 2 days ago – – –
(Sony DSC-HX60. Inset with 80mm f/5 refractor + X2 barlow + PD camera, window-sill)
Mercury in the morning
Couldn’t sleep.
Compensation was clear skies at dawn from the window-sill.
Sony DSC-HX60
Inset with 80mm f/5 refractor + X2 barlow + PD camera,
A bit later-
Later:
Now had chance to look at the image sequence I took to investigate the “fake” Arcturus.
Here is one acquired 2 minutes earlier with Mercury still clear of the trees (and with a slightly different exposure) that I have left uncropped to show the “real” Arcturus. No sign of the fake one!
