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On July 3rd Mercury was at its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun and passing the Beehive cluster (M44).
X Cnc is a semiregular Mira-like variable that varies between magnitude 5.5 and 7.5 with a period of 193 days
and has a color index of +3.21.
Photos:
... #1: general scene (labeled)
... #2: ditto (unlabeled)
... #3: closeup
Photo data:
Panasonic GX8, Olympus 75mm lens
... 3 x (f/1.8, 2.5 sec, ISO 800) = 7.5 sec
... date: Jul 3 2025, 10:16pm MDT
Photographer's website:
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