The transit of Mercury

ed_h

I know if i have to ask the question I'm probably not capably of doing it, its happening on Nov 8th how would you get a picture of such an event.

ajgauthier

ed_h wrote:

I know if i have to ask the question I'm probably not capably of doing it, its happening on Nov 8th how would you get a picture of such an event.

...you can use a small telescope (like 8" Celestron or Meade) and hook the camera up with a T-Adapter, and have a special solar filter on the telescope...

....you can find a group of local amateur astronomers or planetarium or observatory that will be hosting the event with telescopes...

...you can use a small telescope (no filter...) and project the image onto white paper and take a picture of the that...(we do this for large sunspots all the time...

...with special solar glasses (you can get them at a science or Discovery store) you can carefully aim your camera and zoom lens at the sun. WEAR THE SOLAR GLASSES! and it may just come out! Uber short exposure and very very small aperture! I'm not sure if it's naked eye or not...

...you can also get special solar filters (for safe solar viewing) for your camera or adapt one they use for telescopes...

Here's the transit page:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/20oct_transitofmercury.htm

Adrienne

Bodwick

We won't be seeing Mercury in the UK.
Here is a thread about Venus thats quite funny...

Transit of Venus


Bod..

ChrisJ

Some pedestrian shots:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=419585

Loved your Venus transit shot, Bodwick!