Solar Family Portrait attempt - June 18, 2022

[@Raf.aelllo]

I came across your channel by looking for info about telescopes. Your old videos that I have seen are very helpful :)

[@book3100]

Good to see you!

[@Jnf458]

Really admire the passion !

[@Eyesonthesky]

Thank you!

[@joseantoniogarridosolaz5578]

Welcome back my astronomy teacher

[@Eyesonthesky]

Thank you! I know it has been a while. I hope you are able to observe them! I had trouble with Mercury this morning - bring binoculars if you have them.

[@Astronurd]

Good luck with Neptune

[@joseantoniogarridosolaz5578]

@@Eyesonthesky Of Course 😊😊

[@joseantoniogarridosolaz5578]

@@Astronurd Thanks Man 💪

[@darienmartin5698]

I am so glad you are back. Great job!

[@avt_astro206]

Nice Walk On the Sky Showing The Planets David! Really Loved It

[@Eyesonthesky]

Thank you! I wasn't sure how much would show up on my phone's camera, but was pleasantly surprised Saturn and Mars were there.

[@Littlewing6was9]

That was so cool. Thank you 🌼 🤗 Blessings and love from Manchester England 🌼

[@DaviaFleming]

Good to see you again!

[@Eyesonthesky]

Thank you!

[@lolbruh5621]

Whoa that’s so cool I wonder if I can see all the 8 planets tonight

[@alexflynn2009]

Beautiful

[@akashijamoka]

Bless you for sharing thisss!

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

Nice!

[@johansten7976]

Happy to see more from you, I assume this is from the location you showed a while back? Here in Scandinavia, we don't really get the opportunity for these wonderful family portraits - the sun is just never far enough under the horizon, and rises right on the heels of Mercury! But as a compensation, we get a fair amount of noctilucent clouds!

[@Eyesonthesky]

And you see more aurorae too!! This was not from the new property, but just up the road from our house/property. It is on a small ridge so I thought that might help us better see Mercury. Still only managed to spot it with binoculars.

[@johansten7976]

@@Eyesonthesky But great that you managed to spot it! I only saw Mercury for the first time around its last greatest elongation, during its evening apparition. The aurorae are wonderful - I'm just far enough south that it's a challenge to see them, but I've had actual overhead aurora once! We also just moved, getting a darker northern horizon, so I expect to see more in the coming winters!

[@Verminreaper999]

Hi, there! How long before the sunrise was this?

[@Eyesonthesky]

50 minutes before my local sunrise. 45 to 30 minutes before sunrise is usually ideal to see Mercury, which should get brighter over the next 4 or 5 mornings.