Observation by Martin Griffiths: Transit of Mercury

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Martin Martin

Observer

Martin Griffiths

Observed

2016 May 09 - 11:15

Uploaded

2016 Nov 26 - 19:21

Objects

Mercury
Transit

Equipment

80mm Equinox f6 refractor with a mounted Canon 30D DSLR

Exposure

f6, ISO 400, 1/2000th sec

Location

Llandudno, North Wales

Target name

Transit of Mercury

Title

Transit of Mercury

About this image

Public observing session in North Wales - the weather was perfect for the transit. This photograph was taken with my 80mm Equinox refractor fitted with a Herschel wedge and a Baader 540nm filter. I altered the colour from green to yellow in Photoshop.

Files associated with this observation

Perfect Yellow Transit 3.jpg (631.3 kB)

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