I've been a bit slow getting these up as I've been away since 15th when I shot the two evening planets and a very thin crescent moon. First I was keen to shoot the moon as early as I could get it. It was just under 30 hours old in this shot (not quite my earliest ever). This is a slight crop from a shot with the 100-400 and 1.4x extender at 560mm.
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As they started to set I was just able to pick up faint Mercury.
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I think this one is about the best I got, before they started to get lower into the haze.
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Here's a tighter frame, just showing the moon and Mercury.
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And finally a later shot as they descended towards the horizon.
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Lyle Washington
