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Published: 2006-11-10 13:32:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 336; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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Shot from the roof of the Physics Dept at latrobe uni acouple of days ago. My first hit at astro photography, so not bad. It's showing the transit of Mercury across the face of the sun, the small black dot on the left is mercury, the one on the right is a sun spot about three times the size of the earth. The entire transit only lasts a matter of hours.It was a real spin to actually see this for my self. The next time we will see it is 2032, it happens about every 13 years we can only observe it when it happend to be during the day.
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Comments: 5
webworm [2007-01-07 18:19:36 +0000 UTC]
Well done!!! When I first saw the thumb I thought it was the belly of a pregnant woman. I will feature this picture in my this weeks journal.
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firewuff In reply to webworm [2007-01-11 08:00:50 +0000 UTC]
no that's another pic of mine (lunar, it's my wifes) [link]
Thanks for the comment, I was very fortunate to get access to the equipment.
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webworm In reply to firewuff [2007-01-11 17:27:39 +0000 UTC]
WOW This one is even closer!!! Lucky you!!!!!
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nyy [2006-11-10 14:44:11 +0000 UTC]
I read about Mercury's passing, and completely forgot about it the next day. Excellent photo.
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firewuff In reply to nyy [2006-11-11 00:24:31 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, we organised a group from the office to go up and see it. It was kind of amazing to note how unaffected some people were, sad really.
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