Mecury Transit (Page 2): Always knew Mercury had wings...just didn’t know there were so many of them. Great shots!

JimBunk Loc: Ontario, Canada & FL

Always knew Mercury had wings...just didn’t know there were so many of them.

Great shots!

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

alberio wrote:

I'm guessing an Explore Scientific 127mm triplet? APO refractors are awesome for planets and moon. Your bird shot is right up there with a ISS crossing.

Hi Alberio
The APO is great for the moon and decent on the planets. However I found the C11 is better for imaging the planets since it has a much longer focal length. Below are 2 posts of shots of solar and lunar events taken with the APO and 2 shots of planets taken with the C11
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-615123-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-511666-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-600633-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-600510-1.html

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Bultaco wrote:

Ballard, very well done, the geese are amazing. I don't understand why people hijack a post.

I cannot speak to William's actual intent but I took it as being a poetic comment about the symmetry of the sun (a circle is perfect) since the sun is almost a perfect sphere and only bulges by about 10 km at the equator, considering that is almost 1.2 million km in diameter that is very close to perfect. The rest I assumed referenced that he wasn't able to view the transit directly (perhaps I reading more into it).

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

Ballard wrote:

Hi Alberio
The APO is great for the moon and decent on the planets. However I found the C11 is better for imaging the planets since it has a much longer focal length. Below are 2 posts of shots of solar and lunar events taken with the APO and 2 shots of planets taken with the C11
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-615123-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-511666-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-600633-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-600510-1.html

Ok Ballard you got my curiosity up after looking at your 2017 Solar eclipse pics. You said you were in Victor Idaho. That's where I was also. We were at Teton Valley RV Park.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

alberio wrote:

Ok Ballard you got my curiosity up after looking at your 2017 Solar eclipse pics. You said you were in Victor Idaho. That's where I was also. We were at Teton Valley RV Park.

Well it is a small world, I was in the Teton Valley RV park also. Either of the first 2 shots below look familiar?
The last shot is me today in my backyard wearing my Teton Valley Eclipse T shirt.

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rich1hart Loc: Chicago suburbs

The Mercury transit shots are nice but I love the shot with the geese. It is outstanding.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

rich1hart wrote:

The Mercury transit shots are nice but I love the shot with the geese. It is outstanding.

The last shot with the geese also had Mercury near the upper right hand edge of the sun, so it was a twofer.
Thanks for checking out the photos.

rich1hart Loc: Chicago suburbs

Ballard wrote:

The last shot with the geese also had Mercury near the upper right hand edge of the sun, so it was a twofer.
Thanks for checking out the photos.

So it is!

bbradford Loc: Wake Forest NC

#6 is remarkable.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

Ballard wrote:

Well it is a small world, I was in the Teton Valley RV park also. Either of the first 2 shots below look familiar?
The last shot is me today in my backyard wearing my Teton Valley Eclipse T shirt.

The first is me kneeling down with my scope and now I recognize you. We were working there and we were all setup behind our 5th wheel. I managed to get a couple shots as well. The owner of the RV Park was extremely pleased with the turnout and the fact we were pretty close to ground zero.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Chuck B wrote:

Nice set, #6 should be hanging in my family room for all to admire.

Today I just printed a 16x20 inch print of this image and hung it on the wall in the dinning room.

rich1hart Loc: Chicago suburbs

Ballard wrote:

Today I just printed a 16x20 inch print of this image and hung it on the wall in the dinning room.

Worthy of being displayed.