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Mercury (Planet, est. mag -.1)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu May 13 01:00:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2254
This evening, my brother Anthony & I observed Mercury with our computerized 5" MAK. In the center of Mercury's waning gibbous disc, we were able to see a large dark area which I believe is the Colaris Basin. We also observed globular clusters M13 & M92 which were very impressive. We also observed the core of galaxy M85. The double star Algebia in Leo was easy to split & we were also able to split the Double Double in Lira. During the day, I also observed the sunspot complex AR2882 on the Sun's face. I was able to see two spots & plenty of facula. It was a great day night double header of astronomy.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag .7)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu May 21 00:45:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2155
This evening, my brother Anthony, my friend Joe & I observed the close encounter of Venus & Mercury with my 10X50 binoculars. We could easily see the crescent of Venus lying on its back. We were surprised to be able to see the gibbous phase of Mercury with the lighted part also pointing down to the sun. Tomorrow evening both planets will be just one degree apart.
Mercury (Planet)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 62-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Nov 11 13:00:00 2019 UT Obs. no.: 2122
This morning, my brother Anthony & I observed the transit of Mercury across the sun's face with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. We were able to watch Mercury until it reached the center of the sun but then the clouds rolled in. It was a great morning of viewing.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.1)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Feb 26 23:20:00 2019 UT Obs. no.: 2095
This evening I observed Mercury with my 10X50 binoculars. To my shock, I saw the half phase of Mercury almost lying partially on its back. To confirm what I saw. I looked at the current phase of Mercury online after I came back inside. Sure enough, I was right. One more thing, was Mercury had an orange appearance.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 1.2, est. to be in Cetus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sun Mar 18 23:30:00 2018 UT Obs. no.: 2043
This evening, I observed the gathering of the one day old crescent moon, Venus & Mercury in the western sky at sunset. The moon was razor thin & I could see the roughness of the moon because of its mountains & craters. In binoculars, Venus looked perfectly round as it gets ready to begin its waning gibbous phase. Mercury had an orange look, which is usually the case. In fact, I dare call Mercury the second red planet of the Solar system. Finally, I just enjoyed the whole seen with my naked eyes.
Mercury (Planet)
Observer: Joe Muse (e-mail: jjharp@yahoo.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Light pollution: severe Transparency: fair Seeing: poor
Time: Sat Dec 30 12:40:00 2017 UT Obs. no.: 2037
Went 10 miles east of town to catch Mercury with my Nikon 10x50 binoculars which was nice to see before the sun brightened it from its orange color. The moons of Jupiter were pinpoint, bright and clear. I then grabbed my Barska 12-20x50 spotting scope and found the Nikon to be far superior when looking at the moons. Spica was bright. Bortle class 3 and in the astronomical dawn, but the view was still good.
Mercury (Planet)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Transparency: good
Time: Mon May 9 13:30:00 2016 UT Obs. no.: 1968
This morning, my brother Anthony, my friend Joe & I observed the transit of Mercury with my two telescopes. Mercury appeared as a small disc on the suns face. A few years back, Venus' disc was much larger & it seemed we were easily able to observe what looked like to us Venus' atmosphere. On Mercury, we did not see this effect.There was also a nice sunspot not to far where Mercury was transiting the sun. It was a great day for astronomy.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -1)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Durham, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Oct 17 09:50:00 2015 UT Obs. no.: 1961
this morning before we started hunting for pheasant, my friend Joe & I enjoyed a four planetary lineup in the eastern sky. Mercury was just above the horizon & it was fairly bright. Above Mercury was Jupiter & Mars in conjunction. Mars was less than half a degree from Jupiter. Finally above them all, was the brightest planet Venus. That was quite a show.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.5, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Mass, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Apr 18 00:15:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1820
Last evening, my friends Steve Borer, Rob Masud, Kathy Dzubaty, Peggy Cummings and I observed the Planet Mercury with Steve's 6" dob. Mercury is now about a 45% crescent in our scope. In the southern hemishere there was a large dark albedo feature which was not to difficult to see. It was probably one of the dark mare regions on the planet. I observe Mercury quite often and seeing albedo features is not difficult. With binoculars and the naked eye mercury had a yellow look to it. On most occasions Mercury has a pink tinge to it. Mercury will be in the western sky right after sunset for the rest of this month so get your scopes and enjoy.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -.5)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: excellent
Time: Tue May 29 00:45:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1659
This evening my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed three planets with Steve's 6" dob. The first planet we observed was Mercury. Right now mercury is half lit and there was some darkening along the equator at the teminator. Venus is now exactly half lit and its cloud deck has alot of darkening in them. Finally we observed Saturn and Titan. We were able to see Saturn's south equitorial belt very easily. Titan looked yellow this time instead of orange. The planetary viewing was the best I've seen in a long time.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.5, est. to be in Aquarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Feb 7 23:25:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1621
This evening I observed the conjunction of Venus and Mercury in the western sky. There is another great opportunity on 2/8/07 for anyone who wants to see it. After tomorrow, Mercury will start getting lower in the sky. In binoculars, Mercury has a pinkish tinge and Venus looks white. Check it out.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Nov 26 11:15:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1586
This morning, I observed Mercury with my 127mm MAK and 12mm Televue Eyepiece. Mercury is now a waxing gibbous phase. At moments of good seeing, I was able to see a dark area along the edge of the planet at the equator. I was not able to see any other features.
Mercury (Planet)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Seeing: good
Time: Wed Nov 8 19:12:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1580
I just finished observing the transit of Mercury. Since my location had a bad rainstorm, I was forced to observe the transit on the internet at slooh.com. The interesting part of the transit was the ability to see that Mercury has no atmoshere. When I observed the transit of Venus a couple of years ago, I was able to see a white ring around Venus as it trasited the sun. This was Venus' atmosphere. I was not able to see any ring around Mercury during its transit of the sun. Finally, I was not able to detect the black drop effect during Mercury's entry or exit from the sun.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.4, est. to be in Scorpius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 13 11:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1434
This Morning, before sunrise, I arose from my bed and threw open the sash and what to my wondering eys did appear but planet Mercury at this time of year. I aimed my 127mm MAK at Mercury and saw that it is a waxing gibbous. There was a large albedo shading that was mostly in the northern hemishere near the terminator. There also looked like there was some small light shading in the southern hemishere near Mercury's limb. I then turned my scope on Jupiter. All I could see was Jupiter's two main belts. It looked like the SEB may be a little thicker than the NEB. All four moons were on one side of the planet.
Mercury (Planet, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in, web: http://dino.lm.com/artists/display.php?name=sriram_gubbi)
Instrument: 8-inch equatorial reflector Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Jul 3 19:35:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1264
Mercury was very close to venus and was easily found with the telescope. It appeared like a half moon but, a lot smaller than Venus. One interesting thing was that all the people liked the sight of Mercury more than Venus.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -1.0, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jun 25 01:15:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1249
This Evening, My friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Steve Borer and I observed Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter. In Steve's 6" dob., Mercury looked almost 50% lit. There was a dark albedo feature in the southern hemishere at the terminator. Venus was about 90% lit. There were several greyish areas imbedded among Venus' white clouds. Most of the grey areas were in the southern hemisphere. Jupiter's moons were all lined up on one side of the planet. Both the north and south equitorial belts were prominent. Finally the view of Saturn did not show much since Saturn is rapidly receding from the earth.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon Mar 14 23:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1182
This evening, Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike and I observed Mercury at high power. Mercury is now a little more than half lit as it continues to wax. At about 200X we were able to see a little albedo shading near the north polar region. We were not able to see any albedo shading on any other part of the planet.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.1, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Milford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Mar 13 23:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1181
This evening, My friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer, and I observed Mercury with binoculars. Our best views of Mercury were with Steve's 12-30X50 zoom binoculars. When we looked at Mercury at 30X, we could see that it was about 50% lit. Also, in binoculars, Mercury's color was yellow as compared to the naked eye view in which the color looked rose color.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0.)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 90-mm refractor Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jul 11 01:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1029
Tonight, My friends Steve Borer, Mike Dzubaty and I observed the very close conjunction of Mercury and Mars. Mars was just .2 of a degree below and slightly right of Mercury. Because the planets were low in the sunsets glare, we were not able to view the conjunction with our naked eyes. In the refractor, Mercury looked much larger and much brighter than Mars. Mars was orange in color while Mercury was mostly yellow looking with just a tinge of orange in it. This was the closest planetary conjunction I've ever seen.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Mar 29 23:50:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 979
I stopped at the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's Naylor Observatory on Monday evening briefly to capture Mercury on silicon. The speedy planet was at its maximum eastern elongation of 18.9 degrees. It was clearly evident fairly high above the western horizon as the evening twilight darkened. The shots I took with a Sony DSC-707 digital camera turned out very well. I then left to attend a Fairview Township meeting. After four years of trying ASH may convince the township to enact a lighting ordinance.After the meeting I returned to witness and image the fantastic double shadow/GRS transit through the 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 90-mm refractor Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Mar 29 23:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 976
After my friend Joe Cseh and I observered Venus, we turned his refractor onto Mercury. Like Venus, Mercury's phase also was less than 50%. We noticed a grayish patch on Mercury which was away from the teminator in the northern hemispere. After we finished observing Venus and Mercury, we then enjoyed looking at the five naked eye planets and the moon all lined up in the sky.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.1, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 50-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Mar 29 00:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 978
The line-up of the five naked-eye planets was splendid from north of Harrisburg on Sunday evening. Mercury was near its maximum eastern elongation and was rather easy to see. Maura Smith and I observed the "event" through binoculars. To the east the Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus were quite prominent as the sun was setting.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.85, est. to be in Pisces)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 80-mm binoculars Location: Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Tue Mar 23 00:15:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 972
I took my Celestron 20x80's to the top of a nearby hill to view the two day old crescent Moon and the five naked-eye planets on a very cold Monday evening. The arc of the ecliptic was plain to see with speedy Mercury (-0.85 magnitude) near the western horizon and the Moon (-9.23 magnitude) to the left and above followed by brilliant Venus (-4.31 magnitude), Mars (1.33 magnitude) just to the east of M45, Saturn (0.02 magnitude) residing in the feet of Gemini, and lordly Jupiter (-2.45 magnitude) rising with Leo. I also spent a few moments looking at M45, M42, NGC 1981, M44, M41, the Double Cluster, and the Alpha Persei Association with my big binocular.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag 0.0)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 6-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Jan 10 11:45:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 929
This morning I observered Mercury before sunrise at 200X. Mercury's phase looked to be about 50%. On the northern hemispere, near the terminator, there appeared to be a substantial dark area. I had to quit observing after ten minutes because the tempature was zero.
Mercury (Planet, est. mag -0.4, est. to be in Sagittarius)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 42-mm binoculars Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Dec 12 22:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 921
On Friday evening I drove to the top of a nearby hill to catch Mercury both naked-eye and through a 8x42 binocular at approximately 5:30 p.m. EST. Mercury was a bit more than one field of view to the southwest of Venus.
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