‘Comet’ Mercury
Taken by Dr. Sebastian Voltmer on May 1, 2022 @
ENO Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands
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Details:
Deep CCD image of Mercury’s tail taken through my 135mm lens.
For the tail I used a filter tuned to the orange-yellow glow of sodium. The brightness of the tail reached its maximal brightness because of the Doppler shift (Sodium D-lines)! That’s a very interesting fact.
See also one of the unprocessed single frames of this night.
Photographer's website:
https://www.instagram.com/sebastianvoltmer
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