Transit of Mercury, by Paul Williamson
The Mercury transit as viewed from the UAE on 9 May 2016.
After a delayed start due to technical difficulties (CLOUDS!!!) the sky cleared and allowed me to run the sequence required to capture the transit of Mercury using my Lunt 60Ha scope, a x2 Barlow and a ZWO ASI 174 mono camera. The final product is a 15-panel mosaic with false colour applied during processing.
Unfortunately in the UAE we were only treated to a partial transit due to being UTC +4, but worth braving the 40C+ degree heat to capture.
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Paul Williamson
Location: United Arab Emirates
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Beautiful! It was cloudy all day here, so don’t feel bad about your technical difficulties
And our Moon is smaller than this… And Mercury is 58 million km away from the Sun… respect to the Sun!!