Object:	Transit of Mercury
Date & Site:	May 9, 2016; Little Blair Valley, CA
Equipment:	Telescope and work station : Lunt 100mm Ha Telescope Mount: Losmandy GM-8 with Gemini Camera: Point Grey Grasshopper USB3 CMOS Video Camera TeleVue 2.5 Powermate Barlow
Notes:	These images were created from the best 25% - 30% of single 1000-frame videos (42-62 frames/second). (1) Full Sun: 11:01am 42f/s; (2) Close-up Region of Interest: 11:30am 62 f/s; (3) Edge Transition: 11:42am 62 f/s This year's Mercury transit lasted 7.5 hrs beginning at 7:12 ET and ending at 2:42 ET. Those of us on the west coast missed the early hours of the transit. The next Mercury transit is expected to be Nov 11, 2019, then not again until Nov 13, 2032. Transits occur ~13 times per century. Video capture using FireCapture (v2.4); processed using AutoStakkert2, RegiStax Ver 5, and Photoshop CS6 Click here for more information and video clips Back to Images