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The Transit of Mercury Nov. 8, 2006 |
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Stephen Thompson,
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, Dutch Caribbean. Nov. 8, 2006 |
#1, #2, #3 | When these images were taken, the sun was less than one degree above the horizon of the Caribbean Sea. This gave the transit a special look as the sun was partially blocked by low-hanging clouds and stretched into strange shapes by layers of warm air above the sea surface. |
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James Kevin Ty,
Quezon City , Philippines Nov. 09 |
#1, #2, #3, #4 |
Photo details: Canon 300D on TV-101 refractor with 4.8mm Nagler. EFL=15500mm f/154. INTES Herschel Wedge and ND 0.6 filter. 1/4000sec exposure at ISO 200. |
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Christopher Go,
Cebu City, Philippines Nov. 9, 2006 |
#1, more | The disk of Mercury was round all the way out! Photo details: SolarMax 60 on an AP130EDF refractor. Seeing: 9/10, Transparency: 4/5. |
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Bill Livingston,
Kitt Peak McMath-Pierce Telescope Arizona, USA Nov. 8, 2006 |
#1 |
Photo details: Red Star holographic film developed in D19. |
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Thad V'Soske,
Colorado National Monument, Colorado, USA Nov. 8 |
#1, more |
This 32-frame transit photo animation represents the motion of Mercury from 12:12pm to 1:29pm (local time) on November 8, 2006. |
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Jimmy Eubanks,
Boiling Springs, South Carolina Nov. 08 |
#1 | The transit was a profound experience for me, realizing the true nature of the sun's massive size and our place in the universe. Photo details: The collage is a composite of images taken with a Meade LX90 telescope plus a white light filter, and a Coronado PST. The large white light photo was taken with a Sony F717 afocally, the smaller images were taken with a Meade LPI. |
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Ed
Lomeli, Sacamento, CA Nov. 08 |
#1 |
Photo details: 4' f/8 Astrophysics refractor and homemade filter cell with Baader solar material. |
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Michel Hersen,
Portland, Oregon Nov. 08 |
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This photo of the Mercury Transit and a Large Sunspot was taken through the clouds in Portland, Oregon with a Tele Vue 85, Scope Tronix Threaded Solar Filter, and Olympus C-5060 Digital Camera attached to a 40 mm. Scope Tronix Eyepiece. ISO=400; exposure=1/200th second. |
| more images: from Jared Bashor of Great Bend, Kansas; from Masa Nakamura of Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, JAPAN; from Mariano Ribas of Buenos Aires, Argentina; from Joerg Schoppmeyer in the Joshua Tree National Park, California; from Dave Wagner of Lake Zurich, Illinois; from Kevin Wiklanski of Chicago, Illinois; from Nathan Eaton of Mesquite, Texas; from Mark Blanton of Monroe, Louisiana; from Geoff Goins of Angel Fire, New Mexico; |
