Davey-T Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Anyone seen Mercury ? I've been hoping to image it popping up in the dawn sky for a few days so having failed miserably with Mars last night I got up at 4.30am to have a go and could see no sign of it, nice first view of Orion, Castor and Pollux etc, hung around until the Sun came up but no Mercury Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Admiral Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 In my recent limited experience, with a setting Mercury, it's a fine line between being bright enough to overcome the bright sky, and being in the murk. It really was not many minutes in total. But I guess you are aware of that! That's without a scope, mind, just a telephoto lens. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwilkey Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Hi Dave, according to Prof Ian Morrison ' On the 5th and 6th, Mercury, shining at magnitude -1, is just over one degree from Regulus in Leo (at magnitude +1) ' so should be easier to find in the east-northeast, if it's a clear night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Also use binos, it'll help you locate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 34 minutes ago, rwilkey said: Hi Dave, according to Prof Ian Morrison ' On the 5th and 6th, Mercury, shining at magnitude -1, is just over one degree from Regulus in Leo (at magnitude +1) ' so should be easier to find in the east-northeast, if it's a clear night. Thanks Robin, don't think I've got much chance of spotting Regulus if I can't see Mercury, I could see Procyon rising clearly and even a nice ISS pass, but Mercury didn't appear as expected, it was a bit murky on the horizon but I've imaged it before from this position, hopefully there'll be another chance tomorrow. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 Had better luck today with a bit less murk on the horizon. Mercury 02-09-18 Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Admiral Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Good news! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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