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Transit of Mercury Image 2016/05/09 水星の日面通過
Ferenczi Imre,Livio Finocchi,Clyde Foster,Ralf Vandebergh,Frank J Melillo,Martin Gutmann,Vincenzo Mirabella,Manos Kardasis,Detlev Niechoy
Ferenczi,L.Finocchi,Clyde,R.Vandebergh,Frank,M.Gutmann,V.Mirabella,Kardasis,D.Niechoy
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Ferenczi Imre(127mm refractor) |
Mercury transit 2016.05.09 11:12 - 11:17 UT.
Loc.: Budapest, Magyarorszag
127/1000 refraktor, 5xBarlow, 10 mm okular
DMC LS80 video + 1 image gif animation
Mercury transit 2016.05.09 11:12 - 11:17 UT.
Loc.: Budapest, Magyarorszag
127/1000 refraktor, 5xBarlow, 10 mm okular
DMC LS80 video + 1 image gif animation + high contrast !
Time: 11:28 UT.
Mercury transit : 2016.05.09.
Blackdrop Effect : 11:15:11 - 11:15:12 UT.
Calc. contact 1. time : 11:12: 00 UT ± 0,5 sec
Calc. contact 2. time : 11:15:10 UT. ± 0,5 sec
[Ferenczi Imre,Budapest - Magyarorszag Hungary]
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Livio Finocchi(114mm Newtonian) |
Mercury transit on 2016/05/09.114 newtonian 40x+zoom 3x, 4x, 10x and cutting. About 2 hours of observations with very bad conditions in a sheltering sky, without solar filter for the most of pictures. Attached also a GIF file.
[ Livio Finocchi,Tagliacozzo - L'Aquila ITALY ]
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Clyde Foster(using a 110mm Williams Optics refractor) |
[Clyde Foster:Centurion,South Africa]
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Ralf Vandebergh(150mm Refractor) |
Here are a few shots of the 2nd contact with in one image a clear blackdrop effect. Some contrast reduction due to Cirrus clouds, fair seeing by moments.
15cm refractor / Herschel Wedge, double polarizing filter, green filter / Sony cam TRV-740 single frame
[バンディバ:オランダ]
[Ralf Vandebergh:Neighbourhood of Maastricht Netherlands]
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Frank J Melillo(254mm SC) |
[Frank J Melillo Holtsville NY U.S.A]
Greetings from Austria
[Martin Gutmann:Kautzen Austria]
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Vincenzo Mirabella(235mm SC) |
Celestron C925 Edge HD (235mm) + barlow meade 2x
Planetary camera: CCD ASI 120MM-s
Additional filters: Baader Astrosolar ND 3.8 + Baader Continuum
Seeing 6/10 Trans 7/10
Note: poor seeing - passages of high clouds and strong wind
The Mercury transit was a fantastic astronomical event.
2016/05/09 11:13:00(UT) 2016-05-09-1113_reg+astra+cs(tif)
2016/05/09 11:25:00(UT) 2016-05-09-1125_reg+astra(tif)
2016/05/09 13:44:00(UT) 2016-05-09-1344_0-VM-BaaderContinuum-4_g3_reg+as+cs2(tif)
2016/05/09 14:14:00(UT)
2016/05/09 11:15 UT
2016/05/09 12:29 UT
2016/05/09 12:39 UT
2016/05/09 13:44 UT
2016/05/09 13:48 UT STEREO IMAGE
2016/05/09 14:37 UT
2016/05/09 13:25 U.T.
[ Vincenzo Mirabella , Acate (RG) Italy]
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Manos Kardasis (355mm SCT) |
Hello, here are to images I took during the event, in the 2nd contact:
and an image of the entire Sun:
[Manos Kardasis , Glyfada-Athens;Greece]
《カーダシス マノス:ギリシャ アテネ》
[Detlev Niechoy : Goettingen,Germany]
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