Mercury transit, better than i dared to hope!

[Pete Presland]

Woke early this morning full of apprehension regarding the weather, it was raining on the way to work  but it cleared during the short morning shift. A quick journey home and set up by 12pm. I decided to go for the Barlowed view in hope of catching first contact, or better still a prom being transited. Unfortunately the clouds meant by the time I had spotted Mercury it was already on the disc.

Once on the disc it seemed to slow down, the skies were much clearer so I settled down for an afternoon under the brolly. The clouds continued to come and go, but there were plenty of gaps.

So glad I booked the afternoon off and ignored the weather. This disc is the last image I managed before the clouds/rain ended the session, but at least managed a good 4 hours of variable Solar imaging. All image with the Lunt50mm/DMK21au618.

On the plus side the very high hazy cloud produced a couple of magnificent 22 degree halos which I have posted a image in the widefield section.

 

[Charic]

............just amazing what is achievable within this hobby, great image, and a long time before the next chance?

[bish]

Superb images

[Knighty2112]

Glad you got some great views. Well done!  

[David Smith]

Well done Pete, a lovely full disk image and a nice close up. Rain nearly caught me out as one of my scopes was still in the garden when it arrived

[laudropb]

Lovely images. Lots of great detail

[Scooot]

They're superb images, really enjoyed looking at them.

[johnfosteruk]

That's a cracking close up Pete

[Ewan]

Simply stunning Pete well done mate, top drawer in they go !!!

Next Mercury transit not that far away, Nov 11th 2019, so keep your gear in top notch, wonder what astro stuff will be around by then.

[laser_jock99]

Nice images. I set up a simple rig in the works car park. We were amazed at how small mercury appeared.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Lovely images! Glad you got some good shots.

[Space Cowboy]

Great result Pete!

[Pete Presland]

I thought the weather was not great yesterday, but today would have been a wash out!

[sulaco]

Great stuff Pete, would love to get get a solar scope especially when you see them used for transit imaging.

Campbell

[Lowjiber]

Very nicely done!  Thanks for sharing.

Clear Skies

[daz]

That's very nice! Much better on Ha than white!

[Drop Of Sun]

Lovely work, Pete. Glad to see your luck was in!

[paulastro]

Fabulous image Peter, I'm so chuffed you managed a view - and some great images too!

[BrianClark]

Great! Thanks for sharing.