Mercury reached its furthest elongation from the Sun yesterday. Even so, it is a difficult planet to catch from this location between two mountain ridges. There is only a short time between when it becomes dark enough to see Mercury and when it slips behind the mountain. Last night this was at 9 pm.
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| Venus (top), Jupiter (middle), and Mercury (bottom) |
These are two views, enlarged 2x, of Mercury dipping into the treeline:
Near midnight on the same evening the sky brightness was measured at sqml=21.68 mpsas, a very good value. The Milky Way was well positioned for photographs.
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| Sony A7iii + Laowa 15mm f/2 |
A 3x3 median filter was applied to this image in post processing to suppress the faint stars and let the Milky Way stand out.
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