Mercury Transit 2019

On November 11, 2019 the planet Mercury transited the solar surface. It’s one of the few times we can see Mercury from a land based telescope and see the shape of the planet. The next Mercury transit won’t be until November 13, 2032.

The transit lasted just over 5 hours with the occasional partly cloudy skies. I was able to image the entire transit and create a time lapse so if you missed it now’s your chance to see its splendor.

This is a composite image showing different phases of the transit and the path it took.

Mercury Transit.jpg

Location: Harold Campbell Everglades

Scope: Lunt 80mm HA scope with 1800 Blocking Filter

Camera: ZWO ASI 174MM

5FPS

Fire Capture - Integration

Combined and processed in Adobe Lightroom (Color conversion and renaming), Adobe Premier (Time lapse) and Adobe Photoshop (Composite image)

Taken 11/11/19