Updated 7.5.2003

2003 Mercury Transit 2003 Mercury Transit


Site: Pihlajamäki, Helsinki, Finland
Time: Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+03) 7.5.2003
Telescope: JS-Telescope 20cm f/5 Dobson
Camera: Canon EOS D60 6Mb digital camera
Video camera: Philips ToUcam Pro digital video camera head
Software: PhotoImpact 6 Windows2000


Planet Mercury was quite easy to find as it looked like round spot without penumbra. The setups used were Canon EOS D60 digital SRL-camera and a Philips To-U-cam Pro on prime focus of JS-Telecope equipped with a full aperture Thousand Oaks glass solar filter.


Images of Mercury on Suns disk
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07:12UT
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07:13UT
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07:19UT
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Equipment
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Video clip


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