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Mercury Transit

Date:13 Nov 1986 (NZST)
Time:00:00 (NZST)
Title:Mercury Transit
 
Used 30cm Newtonian and T90 camera.
Observed Mercury transit.
For Ashley on his Nikon:
26: 1/500 7:24.
27: 1/500 7:26.
28: 1/500 7:27:47.
29: 1/500 7:28:04.
30: 1/500 7:29:26.
31: 1/250 7:30.
Cloudy most of day approx 15 mins of clear.
Cloud at 7:26:44 shortly before 3rd contact, so missed it.
Thats me, second from left, pointing at the projected image of the Sun!
Picture: Obs19861113.jpg.

 
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