Mercury Transit

07:54 7/5/2003 UTC

This image is closer look to the silhouette of Mercury. It shows the tiny round disk of the planet in relation to the disk of sun.

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Camera: Minolta DiMage S404 digital camera | Telescope: TAL-1 110mm f7.3 Newtonian reflector | Mount: TAL-1 Mount | Filters: Full aperture Baader AstroSolar solar filter | Guiding: - | Exposure: 1/1000s, ISO64, f6.4 | Software: Registax, GIMP |