K3's Astronomy - Mercury
"When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have set in place, what is Man that You are mindful of him?" -- Psalm 8:3,4
Mercury photos with CCD web camera:
Mercury. 9.5.2001, 20:58 (18:58 UTC)
Web camera at focus of 76mm (f=700mm) Newtonian (Bushnell) telescope.
Mercury was very low above horizont, so a lot of turbulence influenced the quality of picture. Indication of phase (70.3%) is visible.
!!New!! Mercury transit 07.5.2003

 

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