By Hassan Dadashi . arani | 2021-12-15
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On 12/11/2021 06:36 pm by Helio C. Vital | Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This photo is not meant to be beautiful but it is rare. Taken some 15 minutes after sunset, it shows Mercury (m=-0.8) at 5° altitude and only 7.3° from the Sun, thus deeply ofuscated by the sun`s glare and still in the field of view of Soho`s Lasco C3 coronograph. I have several other photos to show to those who think that the elusive planet cannot be captured so close to the Sun.
Nikon CoolPix P900 camera (at manual mode)
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