Venus is almost gone from view in our evening sky - but until then I thought I'd grab the opportunity for another capture. Jet stream prediction was promising but the reality was terrible - fine focus was nothing more than dumb luck in the bubbling mess but was happy I got a couple of images to clean up ok.
6min captures, IR850 7ms, adjusted exposure to hit about 40-50% on the histogram. Captured between 5:30-6pm.
What struck me as soon as I shifted to Mercury was the incredible size difference. I thought a nice way to present this was a side-by-side comparison which I assembled in GIMP.
They have come up quite well, despite the adverse conditions. The crescent is getting quite fine now.
The extremely poor conditions extended all the way down here in southern Tasmania. I gave up in frustration - a lost opportunity of a completely clear sky.
