MERCURY SIGHTING
We set up a telescope on the Promenade to watch Mercury transit the sun. The clouds cleared away long enough to get a good picture.
May 9, 2016
We set up a telescope on the Promenade to watch Mercury transit the sun. The clouds
cleared away long enough to get a good picture. For size comparison, there is a picture
we took during the 2012 transit of Venus.(See photos below)
Looking for Mercury among the clouds. (Photo: Blake Laing)
Mercury, 9 May, 2016 (Photo: Stephen Johnson )
Venus, 2012 (Photo: Stephen Johnson )
Dr. Kuhlman (Photo: Blake Laing)