Observing transit of mercury 2016

[Mycoolsky]

Can anyone suggest best solar filter for TOM viewing and imaging

[xtreemchaos]

the cheapest way would be baader solar foil, very good for vis and imaging or a lunt solar wedge but dont know if available in India you might have to import.charl.

[Pete Presland]

Another vote for the Baader film filter, this company based in india sell pre-made filters http://www.tejraj.com/ It might be worth messaging them.

[Knighty2112]

Made my own filter with the Baader foil over a year ago, and still going strong. As long as you store it well the foil should last quite a while, and perform well. 

[Mycoolsky]

Baader solar film ND5 is available in India. Angular size of mercury is very small and some website says that visual observations are not possible by any solar film. There will be a crowd of approximately 5000 people to see TOM on 9th may 2016. We can't takecare of so many people by 4 telescopes alone. 

Should me go for solar Google's based on Baader nd5 film ? Please advise.

 

[Mycoolsky]

@bunnygod1  sir tejraj has now stopped production. He has some helth problem and winding his business.

[Owmuchonomy]

1 hour ago, Mycoolsky said:

Baader solar film ND5 is available in India. Angular size of mercury is very small and some website says that visual observations are not possible by any solar film. There will be a crowd of approximately 5000 people to see TOM on 9th may 2016. We can't takecare of so many people by 4 telescopes alone. 

Should me go for solar Google's based on Baader nd5 film ? Please advise.

 

I'm guessing this statement refers to unaided viewing like you would do with eclipse glasses. Although Mercury is small from what I hav read it should be possible to see its transit across the Suns disk by means of a correctly adapted telescope using the Baader film.

[Louis D]

For thousands of people, setup one scope with solar tracking and solar film and an eyepiece video camera.  Send the output image to a large monitor for throngs of people to look at.  If you have access to a Jumbotron at an arena, all the better!

[OneEyedSam]

good coverage of the event in next months s@n which just came through my door..... assume Astronomy now will also cover it