| May 8, 2008 Tak FS 152 + TV 5x Powermate (F40) Skynyx 2-1 Best 150 of 2000 frames at mean time of 2000h Mean Alt was 18 deg 10 min This was a race between the bright sky and turbulent air right at sunset and the worsening chromatic aberration and turbulence of increasing air mass as Mercury set. Not exactly an easy target but at least this image is "better than the Hubble" |
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| Taken at about 6:38 PM PST using "House trick" (Sun set behind roof of house, Mercury still at Alt 33 deg and about 20 degrees from the Sun) Tak TOA 150, 5x Powermate, DMK monochrome camera, Baader UV/IR cutoff filter AVI Stack, Photoshop |