Mercury Transit

by Paul Lefevre


Mercury really is TINY. Compare this image of yesterday's transit of Mercury: http://www.lefevre.darkhorizons.org/mt2006/mt2006-030.jpg

With one from the Venus transit in 2004 -- the sun is nearly the same size in both: http://www.lefevre.darkhorizons.org/ccdimaging/webnew_midtransits.jpg

It's a wonderfully varied solar system we live in :)


Posted on sf-bay-tac Nov 09, 2006 08:24:23 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.4 Dec 12, 2006 21:57:49 PT

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