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Community photo entitled  by Steven Bellavia on 04/24/2022 at Southold, NY

On 04/24/2022 08:55 pm by Steven Bellavia | Website | Southold, NY

A 24 million km long plume of gas is ejected from Mercury's thin atmosphere due to the sun, very much like a comet.
This is only visible using a narrowband filter that captures the bright yellow sodium light at 589nm.

Borg 90FL, Edmund 589nm (sodium) narrowband (10 nm) filter, ZWO ASI 294MM Pro

20 x 60 seconds, aligned and stacked