Mercury Sodium Tail and Moon conjunction
Taken by andrea alessandrini on May 13, 2021 @
Veroli (FR) Italy
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Camera Used: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. PENTAX K-3 II
Exposure Time: 513/1
Aperture: Unavailable
ISO: 1000
Date Taken: 2021:05:13 23:55:58
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Details:
As foreseen, the tail of Mercury brightened even more, so that was detectable even with the Moon so close (as seen in the wide image, with also Venus at the Horizon).
In the composite, Moon and Mercury are at the same scale, to figure out how big the tail appears, wider than Moon itself!
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