Observation by Chris Holt: Mercury transit just after second contac...

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Chris Holt

Observer

Chris Holt

Observed

2019 Nov 11 - 12:37

Uploaded

2019 Nov 11 - 16:57

Objects

Mercury
Transit

Equipment

150 mm f/6 Newtonian reflector
Glass white light solar filter
Nikon D40 DSLR
15 mm Plossl in camera adapter for eyepiece projection

Exposure

ISO 200, 1/200 s

Location

Near Bampton, Oxfordshire

Target name

Mercury

Title

Mercury transit just after second contact

About this image

Image rotated and cropped. Unsharp mask filter lightly applied. Weather better than forecast, at least for the start of the transit. Cloud cover started to build not long after this image, with only a few imaging opportunities subsequently.

Files associated with this observation

2019_11_11_12-42-18Image_rot_ushr_5_0-8_0_cr.jpg (88.7 kB)

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