Mercury in the early evening

Written By Cody Astrosoc

Observatory Manager John Hargreaves captured 2 images of the planet Mercury just after sunset at the observatory. The first shows Mercury centred between the trees taken with a regular digital camera. The second is a image taken with the camera attached to the Cody 6” Zeiss telescope.

Mercury - John Hargreaves - Pentax K-x, 50mm, 1 second exposure at f/1.8, ISO 200.

Mercury - John Hargreaves - Pentax K-70, 6” Zeiss, 1/200 second, ISO 6400

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