Mercury przemknie the Sun 9 May 2016. It is today. “Przemknie” will take over 7 hours, and his observation just ordinary binoculars. The so-called. Transition of Mercury begins in the chair. 13.11. Within 3 minutes the entire planet Mercury will be in the background of the sun. It will be seen in this position for hours. 20.42.
- how it’s working?
Between the Earth and the Sun are only two planets – Mercury and Venus. For this reason, they can only be found on the Earth-Sun line. Transit of Mercury is always present in the vicinity of 8-10 May and November 10-12. It happens once every few years, and it is not always visible in Poland. He was most recently seen in our country in 2003. Today, another opportunity and another rather we not live to see. The next transit of Mercury until 2117 years!
The observation of Mercury and the Sun just ordinary binoculars. You have to Mercury – the smallest planet in the solar system – to spot on the big board of the sun. Warning – do not look through the binoculars directly at the sun. We direct the binoculars directly at the sun, and before the eyepiece give a plain white card. On a sheet we should see the Mercury. The same applies to the telescope.
The telescope or binoculars can be equipped with special filter and then look through the equipment to the sun. On the Internet, the transit of Mercury on board background Solar – a small solar eclipse – will be seen on the internet, among others, thanks to the Copernicus Science Centre on a special YouTube channel:
MERCURY ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE SUN 2016 – LIVE – SEE THE SUN MERCURY IN THE BACKGROUND
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