Craters and albedo features -- on Mercury !!!

Posted by pilotstar
on Tuesday, March 1, 2011

by Ernest R. Evans (PilotStar)

April 2, 2010 Mercury photo taken with 6" f/8 Criterion RV6 Newtonian and digital point-and shoot camera attached to the telescope with homemade wooden camera holder. Photo composite of best 28/190, 0.1" frames. My image compared to a NASA Solar System Simulation. Image processed in VirtualDub/Registax2/Xnview/MS Photo Editor/MS Paint

Tags: Mercury
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