Transit of Mercury on May 9th

[Apollo XX]

It was a topsy-turvy day frustration-wise. My effort eventually worked out good; viewtopic.php?f=85&t=5053

[DonB]

Yes, the day started cloudy but cleared up quick. The clouds were still frustrating. But I was able to get some images using a Celestron 8 and overall it was a very fun day.

First image is at prime focus.



And the second was using 10mm eyepiece projection.



Lots of fun today.

Don

[mrgizmo65]

Just for the fun of it I set up a 4 inch refractor with a solar filter and and managed to get some peeks at the event . It was just enough with the clouds to keep my interest. but I'm glad I gave it the time to watch . It was a pretty good day. Don and Mike nice images with mercury crossing the sun like that it gives a good idea just how big the sun is and how tiny the planet is. Thanks for sharing the images

[Paul D]

What can I say but what a spectacular day. I was shocked at how well my PST showed Mercury. I love when a plan comes together and today it all fell into place well.