Mercury Transit 2016
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Mercury Transit 2016
Check out a few images of the 2016 Mercury Transit below
MERCURY TRANSIT (20160509) - LUNT60
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3, ANIMATED GIF (16:52/16:56 UTC)
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, Coronado SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, Coronado SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) CaK, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, 2" Baader Ceramic Herschel Wedge, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) WL, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, 2" Baader Ceramic Herschel Wedge, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
MERCURY TRANSIT (20160509) - LUNT60
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3, ANIMATED GIF (16:52/16:56 UTC)
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. LUNT60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, Coronado SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) H-alpha, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, Coronado SM60, BF30, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) CaK, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, 2" Baader Ceramic Herschel Wedge, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
SUN (20160509) WL, MERCURY TRANSIT. TV101, 2" Baader Ceramic Herschel Wedge, LUNT 1200 CaK Module, PGR GRASSHOPPER 3
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Re: Mercury Transit 2016
A nice record of the event Pedro
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Re: Mercury Transit 2016
Great share!
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Re: Mercury Transit 2016
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
The weather forecast is not great for the Mercury Transit in Portugal, fingers crossed
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Thanks Maurits
Fingers crossed for tomorrow, the weather here is not great
Fingers crossed for tomorrow, the weather here is not great
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Great images Pedro...the disk looks far more interesting for the 2016 event
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Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
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Re: Mercury Transit 2016
Lovely Predro, really starkly different only just 2 years ago how much more active the star was!
Very best,
Very best,
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Re: Mercury Transit 2016
Hi Pedro,
great and yes those where the days my friend with Sun spots
great and yes those where the days my friend with Sun spots
regards Rainer
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Observatorio Real de 14
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