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A beautiful shot of the mercury transit taken by Ken Kremer at the observatory.
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Overlay of images taken by Robert Vanderbei at: 7:20, 7:54, 8:29, 8:57, 9:27, 10:01, 10:34, 11:10, 11:45, 12:01, 12:47, 13:12, 14:19
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A single 1/1250-second exposure (ISO 1600) taken at 11:10am EDT using 3.5″ Questar and a Baader solar filter (false color) by Robert Vanderbei
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Another picture of the transit taken by Ken Kremer.
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Amateurs gathered to observe the mercury cross the sun.
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A very enjoyable day for Larry Kane.
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Almost successful Dave Skitt and John Church!! The cardboard did not burn!
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Shadows mean the sun is out of the clouds. Good time to run to the telescope!
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AAAP members at the observatory.
Mercury crosses the face of the sun just 13 times a century. Most recently it did on May 9th. Our club members gathered at the observatory and viewed the event together. Some of our member astrophotographers took some wonderful pictures.
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