Derby and District Astronomical Society
The Transit of Mercury - Monday 9th May 2016
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| Pete Hill captured this image of the transit of Mercury on the 9th May 2016 from the Rosliston Forestry Centre. It is a composite of images taken with a Canon 450D camera fitted with a 150-500mm Sigma zoom lens and Baader ND3.8 solar film filter fitted on the lens hood. ISO 100 F29 set on 500mm on an alt/az tripod with remote shutter release, exposures varied between 1/1000" to 1/300" depending on conditions, cloud etc. Shot in RAW and processed in PS6. The image shows the internal ingress of Mercury onto the solar disc at approx. 12:15 BST then its position at 13:00, 13:41, 14;30, 15:40, 16:25, 17:30, and 18:28. The curve is due to the Sun's rotation with respect to the zenith during the day. Image © Pete Hill. |
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| Pete Hill also captured this image of the transit of Mercury on the 9th May 2016 at 13:10 BST. The image was taken in H-alpha with a Coronado PST piggy-backed on a 5" Evostar refractor and HEQPro mount. The camera was a mono CCD DMK41 taking 15fps. Frames were stacked in Autostakkert.2, wavelets processed in Registax 6, and final processing, including colourising, in PS6. Image © Pete Hill. |
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| Pete Hill captured this image of the transit of Mercury on the 9th May 2016 at 17:00 BST. The image was taken in H-alpha with a Coronado PST piggy-backed on a 5" Evostar refractor and HEQPro mount. The camera was a mono CCD DMK41 taking 15fps. Frames were stacked in Autostakkert.2, wavelets processed in Registax 6, and final processing, including colourising, in PS6. Image © Pete Hill. |
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| This animation of the transit of Mercury on the 9th May 2016 was assembled by Pete Hill from images taken with a Canon 450D camera fitted with a 150-500mm Sigma zoom lens and Baader ND3.8 solar film filter fitted on the lens hood. ISO 100 F29 set on 500mm on an alt/az tripod with remote shutter release, exposures varied between 1/1000" to 1/300" depending on conditions, cloud etc. Shot in RAW and processed in PS6. Image © Pete Hill. |
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| Barry Ashforth captured this image of the transit of Mercury on the 9th May 2016 from Derby using a Sky-Watcher 80mm APO and DFK21AU04 camera. The image was processed in RegiStax 5. Image © Barry Ashforth. |
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| This image of the transit of Mercury on the 9th May 2016 was taken by Chris Newsome. It is a three image stack taken with a Canon 7D camera, a 300mm lens, a 1/8000 s exposure at f18, 10 stop ND filter, and 100 ISO. Image © Chris Newsome. |
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