Mercury Transit of Sun... Woe is me!!!
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Mercury Transit of Sun... Woe is me!!!
Obviously, I want to shoot it and others may want to observe it visually as well. So, today I began my planning for the shoot. (Here comes my tale of woe.)
Being close to the middle of the Pacific Time Zone the time-math is not just cut-and-dried. The sun will clear my eastern horizon at 0620 hrs, at which time Mercury will already be one-third of the way across the sun. It will be half-way across at 0722 hrs, and three-fourths across at 0846 hrs.
Here's the "kicker"... The sun will not pass above my 2x air mass (30 degrees) until 0918 hrs and end its journey at 1002 hrs. That gives me forty-four minutes for a decent chance of a good capture of the end of the transit period!
Tough luck, John! Yes, I'll still shoot it, but my hopes of a complete transit are dashed. I'm posting this so other solar-heads (especially east of Las Vegas) can get their planning done beforehand. Hopefully, someone will be able to observe, or capture, the entire transit.
(Note to self: Planning sucks swamp water when it doesn't exactly work out.)
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Not for me, but I could see having paella in say Barcelona?
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Well then, hahaAltocumulus wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:15 amThis suggests :sorry: Not in Australia ....
http://www.eclipsewise.com/oh/tm2019.html
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But I'll be celebrating something other and the Mercury transit as that day will be the U.S. Marine Corps' 244th birthday!
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To track the sun I plan on setting up my polar alignment the night before.
It will begin here at 0632 CST.
And yes, Seawolfe, we will eat some birthday cake as well!
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Since my wife is a former Marine Sergeant, we definitely celebrate the day every year.
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What times are we expecting it to be hidden behind our clouds in the UK Geoff ?????Altocumulus wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:15 amThis suggests :sorry: Not in Australia ....
http://www.eclipsewise.com/oh/tm2019.html
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https://www.eclipseportal.com/transit-o ... -brisbane/
2032, fingers crossed...
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This article is for the May 2003 transit, this one will not be visible in Australia.smp wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:31 pmHere's an article at Sky & Telescope:
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observi ... ts-thesun/
Looks like all of Oz will experience the transit in progress at sunset.
Good luck and clear skies!
smp
Unfortunately for Australia it will only be a partial transit in 2032: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/tra ... ovember-13
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Yes indeed. Sigh. How could I get that so wrong?Lady Fraktor wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:07 pm This article is for the May 2003 transit, this one will not be visible in Australia.
Unfortunately for Australia it will only be a partial transit in 2032: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/tra ... ovember-13
Here's the link for the upcoming transit at eclipswise.com:
http://www.eclipsewise.com/oh/tm2019.html
Mods, please consider deleting my erroneous post above!
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