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Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 25mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image:

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Kelvin Stephens
Image taken with Celestron C80, Pentax SP1000, Thousand Oaks Optical Filter - Type 2+ on Ektachrome Elite 100 ASA using 12mm eyepiece. Exposure times between 1/500th and 1/1000th second. Taken from Muscat, Oman.
Image: Gerard Doyle

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: Gerry Doyle
Image is 1/60 at f/4 with a Minolta Dimage 5, handheld against a Solarscope cardboard folded compound solar telescope. The projected image is about 3" across, and Mercury is just right of centre at the bottom, about the 4.30-5 o'clock position. Taken at 0721 UTC from High Wycombe.
Image: David Godwin

Mercury Transit of Sun - 5th May 2003
Credit: David Godwin
Taken with a hand held digital camera and 8-inch Dobsonian telescope with a solar filter

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