Observation by Steve Knight: Transit of Mercury

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2019 Nov 11 - 13:37

Uploaded

2019 Nov 12 - 15:53

Objects

Mercury
Transit

Equipment

Canon 550D Camera
Skywatcher 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain
Baader solar film
AZ-GTI mount

Exposure

x10 images stacked, each image 1/1000th sec at ISO 400

Location

Rollright Stones

Target name

Mercury

Title

Transit of Mercury

About this image

Had a fun few hours with Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group. Intermittent views of sun and then rain and wind hit us so an emergency egress for coffee at a garden centre. We tried in vain to capture sunset and mercuryset later but an inconvenient cloud defeated us.

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