Who's had enough of the transit of Mercury?

[Starman]

It was cloudy in Selsey (where I live) so I had to travel north. Ended up in Leicester on the dividing line between cloud and Sun. Fortunately the cloud dispersed a little giving me clear skies. I've a lot of stuff to wade through, but here are some of the initial results...

Cheers, 

Pete Lawrence 

[Knighty2112]

Nice images. Glad you got to see it in the end. Was a great event to experience, and still nice to see others images of it.  

[Moonshane]

Spectacular images!

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Never tire of the transit. Excellent set of images, and I absolutely love that H-alpha sequence.

[RobertI]

Great images and fascinating to see your determination of first contact in Ha.

[Lowjiber]

Nicely done, Pete.  Good work!

Thanks for sharing.

Clear Skies

[Davey-T]

Very nice Pete, can't have too many transit images, I might not get to see another one 

Keep them coming

Dave

Edited May 12, 2016 by Davey-T

[michaelmorris]

That's a really lovely set up images Pete.  Thanks for sharing.

[Stu]

Fantastic stuff Pete. I love the first contact sequence, amazing detail.

Interesting to compare the first contact time (which I think was achieved visually) by Alexandra a little later, but still ahead of the Calsky prediction presumably due to the prom? Not sure about differences due to location so how comparable the two times are?

 

 

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Pete, well i never seen it with the pesky clouds ,so the more images i see the better. stunning detail as allways mate,well done. thanks for sharing,charl.

[David Smith]

Great set of images. In hind sight i should have made plans to travel but you just never know with the UK weather.

[laudropb]

Wonderful set of images. The first contact sequence is breath taking.

[paulastro]

That's a real fine set of pictures Pete.  I particularly like the close-up of Mercury overlapping the prominence and the sequences that follow it.  I'm delighted you headed North for clear skies or we would have been deprived of these wonderful pictures.

[Pete Presland]

Great set of images particularly the limb sequence. 

[knobby]

Really nice, especially the 1st contact sequence .

[Drop Of Sun]

Lovely pics, Pete, I especially love the first contact sequence! I missed the coolest part!

[DrRobin]

Great set Pete, glad you got your views even if it did involve a long drive up to Leicester.

Robin

[Starman]

Thank you for your lovely comments. It was a great event. I saw my first Mercury transit in 2003 along with my youngest lad who was 10 at the time. Was rather fitting that I was in Leicester for this one as he's at the University up to his neck in finals.

Pete