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The Transit of Mercury 2016 Discussion

Started by AstronomyConnect on Apr 18, 2016 at 1:15 PM

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    AstronomyConnect, Apr 18, 2016
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    george, May 9, 2016
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    I'm clouded out here in Arcadia, CA how has your guys luck been with viewing the transit? What kinda setup are you guys using? Film or do you have a dedicated solar scope?
     
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    bventrudo, May 9, 2016
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    Clouded out in the Washington DC area also. I had a brief glimpse of the transit with a 66mm refractor and glass solar filter before the clouds rolled in for good. Anyone else get a better view? Sends pics when you can!
     
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    Dave In Vermont, May 9, 2016
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    Ditto up here in Varmint. At least I already had all the gear I needed. I know of many others who went off and spent Little Bobby's college-fund to get outfitted for this..... Monsoon! :p

    Predictable -

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    george, May 10, 2016
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    So was anybody able to take any pictures of the transit?
     
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    StaringAtStars, May 10, 2016
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    I didn't have anything set-up but I was planning to watch some local live streams. Found out that it was mostly clouded out for everyone :(

    Took to reddit and found some nice photos though.

    [​IMG]
    Taken by this guy on twitter, astroaffairs
     
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    jgroub, May 10, 2016
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    My local club, the AAA, had an outreach event in a park along the East River in Manhattan with half a dozen scopes, including mine. The conditions were iffy in the morning, and then iffy again in the afternoon. We were clouded out from seeing Second and Fourth contacts. But we did get to see First and Third, and for most of the 7 1/2 hours of the transit, it was clear. We had about 200 people stop by over the course of the day, including two classes of kids, one group of 7-year-olds, the other, a group of 16-year-olds. Everybody was pretty astounded and amazed.

    The guy working the scope next to me snapped this through my scope with his iPhone about midway through the transit (32mm Plossl in my 127mm Mak at 48x):

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    And no, that's not a prominence on the bottom, just a photo artifact.
     
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