Transit of Mercury

Sun

Transit of Mercury

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Object Info

Distance

149,597,900 km

Capture Details

Date

June 9, 2016

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Notes

This image has two layers, one for the surface and one for the proms.

Equipment

Optics

Coronado Solarmax 60 Refractor

Focal Length

1000mm

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

PointGrey Chameleon

Filters

<0.7 Angstrom, BF10

Software

FireCapture, AS2, RegiStax, Photoshop