Jupiter and dodgy Mercury

[Tommohawk]

Got all fired up when I suddenly realised the sky was quite clear to the west and that Mercury was as good as it gets this year. One or two snags though. First it was really hard to see with the naked eye - I'm sure I've seen it better in previous years. Also, I started when it was barely dark so no star to Bahtinov. It's not great, but at least I got it!

Then just time to grab Jupiter with GRS - quite pleased with this and tried to be a bit softer with the processing.

Had a go at some Lunar detail after - but some real processing issues - will post in Lunar section re this, any help gratefully recieved!

All done with SW200P + TVx5 powermate, Canon 550D modded, PIPP, Autostakkert, WinJupos, Registax.

 

[jambouk]

Adore both!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice. I have never managed a single Mercury image, so well done. Jupiter is also showing a lot of detail

[astroman001]

Well done for capturing a very good Mercury.

Peter

[Space Cowboy]

Remarkable images with a DSLR camera!

[laudropb]

Lovely capture of Mercury and very nice detail on Jupiter.

[Trevor N]

Very nice images. Well done. Same as above. I have seen Mercury through bins but never imaged it