[von Tom (Tom)]

Here's a shot of Mercury on 18th January from Brisbane. It was 18 degrees above the horizon 6 minutes before sunrise. Angular size would have been 5.8".

I think the colour comes out nicely here. I don't know enough about Mercury yet to know if the shadings on the disc in this image are actually planetary features.

Canon EOS 550D with teleconverters through a Sky-Watcher 12" Autotracking Dobsonian.

Cheers,

Tom