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Mercury Transit 2016

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Check out a few images of the 2016 Mercury Transit below

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MERCURY TRANSIT (20160509) - LUNT60

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SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3, ANIMATED GIF (16:52/16:56 UTC)

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SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3

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SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3

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SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, Coronado SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3

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SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, Coronado SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3

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SUN (20160509) CaK, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, 2" Baader Ceramic Herschel Wedge, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3

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SUN (20160509) WL, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, 2" Baader Ceramic Herschel Wedge, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3


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A nice record of the event Pedro


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Great share!


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Stunning !

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What I notice the most is how active the sun is compared to now.


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Thanks a lot guys

The weather forecast is not great for the Mercury Transit in Portugal, fingers crossed


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Nice to see the lost activity of the older Sun Pedro.


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Thanks Maurits

Fingers crossed for tomorrow, the weather here is not great


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I had forgotten how small it is :shock:

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Great images Pedro...the disk looks far more interesting for the 2016 event :lol:

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Lovely Predro, really starkly different only just 2 years ago how much more active the star was!

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Hi Pedro,

great and yes those where the days my friend with Sun spots :shock:


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