Observation by James: Transit of Mercury 2016

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Observer

James

Observed

2016 May 09 - 11:12

Uploaded

2016 Jul 19 - 17:23

Objects

Mercury
Transit
The Sun

Equipment

Skywatcher ED80
Canon 6D
AZEQ6
Baader solar film

Exposure

"Auto"

Location

Nottingham

Target name

Sun and Mercury

Title

Transit of Mercury 2016

About this image

This image shows the position of Mercury about every 15 minutes starting at the bottom right; note the large sun spot complex near the mid-point of the Sun. Cloud prevented me from getting a complete transit unfortunately.

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