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Tonight, 1/12/21, was the first clear night for a long time. I've been wanting to catch a glimpse of Mercury as it begins to shine in the evening sky. The sky was clear. The temperature was 44 F.
Mercury was still fairly close to the sun, though every day should be better until it reaches its greatest eastern elongation. I never did see the planet with my naked eyes, but I did locate it with a pair of 10x50 binos. It was to the upper left of Jupiter. The alt. was about 12 degrees and the az. was about 235 degrees. The time was 5:21p.
Here are the stats for the following picture: Camera - Canon 6D, focal length - 4mm; ISO - 800; aperture - f/5.6; shutter - 1/10 sec.
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Rob Telescopes: 50mm refractor, ED80 triplet, 90mm makcass, 10" dob, 8"SCT, 11"SCT
Mounts: Celestron CGX, Orion Sirius + several camera tripods
Cameras: Canon 6D, Canon 80D, ZWO-ASI120MC
Binoculars: 10x50, 12x60, 15x70, 25-125x80
Observatory: SkyShed POD XL3 + 8x12 warm room
AL Projects Completed: Lunar #645, Outreach #0280, Universe Sampler #93-T, Binocular Messier #871, Messier #2521, Messier Honorary #2521, Constellation Hunter Northern Skies #112, Planetary Transit Venus #1, Galileo #26, Outreach Stellar 0280, Meteor Regular #157, Solar System Telescopic #209-I, Observer Award #1
AL Projects Currently in Process: Double Stars, Comet, Lunar Evolution