The passage of Mercury in the Sun - photos and video

In this publication, you will see a small selection of photographs and videos of yesterday's rare astronomical event - the passage of Mercury through the Sun.

I also took a little shot myself. If the author is not specified - my photo.

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Start of transit:



The black drop effect is clearly visible in this image by Ralph Vandenberg:



From space, from the board of the Solad Dynamic Observatory (SDO) , the start of transit looked like this:



And here is the video from SDO. Mounted images from several tools leading the shooting in different wavelengths.



Ground photo through a telescope with a Hα filter (author Brendin Martin):



Video in visible light, at real speed, without tracking. At 0:16 a bird flies by:



Thierry Lego did not waste time on the birds, his goal was bigger. He caught in the same frame the Sun, Mercury and the ISS!



Here is his video, there is also a plane flying through the frame.



The sun is big, the planets are small (Kevin Gill):



Pea over the ocean of fire (Roger Hutchinson):



The same plot in visible light, the author - Alexey Kulachatov AKA Arch0n :



LoadRunner , I remember that I promised to remove Mercury at sunset. I repent, I did not take it off, instead I went with my daughter to a festive salute. Instead, I offer a video from Gadi Eidelheit :



Yes, Mercury is visible at sunset, but bad. Sometimes completely disappears due to atmospheric noise.

The next transit of Mercury is expected on November 11, 2019. For Muscovites, it will begin just an hour before sunset, so conditions are not the most favorable.

If on November 10, 2084, fate brings you to Mars, do not miss the opportunity to see the simultaneous transit of the Earth, the Moon and Phobos across the Sun:



If the development of cosmonautics will not be as successful as life extension technologies, I recommend that on July 5, 6757, stay on your home planet and see the transit of Mercury during a private solar eclipse:



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