Hello all!
I publish my photos of transit of Mercury on May 9, 2016, from Moscow. I took photos with my camera Canon EOS 60D (some with 2x Barlow lens) and my telescope Sky-Watcher BK P2001 EQ5 (with filter from Baader AstroSolar visual film).
On May 6, 2016, my laptop broke down (it was repaired only at the end of May), and I was deprived access to information about the exact time. Fortunately, I wrote down the transit start time on a sheet of paper in advance (and prepared the telescope by that time on that date).
Until the beginning of the first contact, the Sun covered a large cloud, but literally a minute before this moment it opened the Sun. In the 1st photo - before the beginning of the transit, when the Sun was covered by clouds.
Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
- Filipp Romanov
- Ohhhhhh My!
- Posts: 94
- Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
- Location: Russia
- Been thanked: 83 times
- Contact:
Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
- Attachments
-
- 1.jpg (275.92 KiB) Viewed 619 times
List of variable stars discovered by me: https://filipp-romanov.livejournal.com/27664.html
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
- Filipp Romanov
- Ohhhhhh My!
- Posts: 94
- Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
- Location: Russia
- Been thanked: 83 times
- Contact:
Re: Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
I noticed that the time between the first and second contacts was very short - much faster than Venus during the 2012 transit. I watched it visually (through the eyepiece) and made several videos and photos.
- Attachments
-
- 2.jpg (164.93 KiB) Viewed 616 times
-
- 3.jpg (491.77 KiB) Viewed 616 times
-
- 4.jpg (308.58 KiB) Viewed 616 times
List of variable stars discovered by me: https://filipp-romanov.livejournal.com/27664.html
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
- Filipp Romanov
- Ohhhhhh My!
- Posts: 94
- Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
- Location: Russia
- Been thanked: 83 times
- Contact:
Re: Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
Up to 15 hours local time, clouds often covered the sun's disk, but after this time, the weather was clear and sunny, with a rare high temperature for May, so I had to periodically shelter from the heat in the shade of trees, so I watched and photographed with breaks of 15 minutes.
- Attachments
-
- 5.jpg (104 KiB) Viewed 615 times
-
- 6.jpg (56.58 KiB) Viewed 615 times
-
- 7.jpg (284.54 KiB) Viewed 615 times
-
- 8.jpg (114.63 KiB) Viewed 615 times
-
- 9.jpg (85.14 KiB) Viewed 615 times
List of variable stars discovered by me: https://filipp-romanov.livejournal.com/27664.html
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
- Filipp Romanov
- Ohhhhhh My!
- Posts: 94
- Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
- Location: Russia
- Been thanked: 83 times
- Contact:
Re: Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
The altitude of the Sun became lower, the solar disk was distorted by the influence of the earth's atmosphere.
- Attachments
-
- 10.jpg (308.26 KiB) Viewed 614 times
-
- 11.jpg (206.92 KiB) Viewed 614 times
-
- 12.jpg (105.16 KiB) Viewed 614 times
-
- 13.jpg (297.61 KiB) Viewed 614 times
-
- 14.jpg (374.56 KiB) Viewed 614 times
List of variable stars discovered by me: https://filipp-romanov.livejournal.com/27664.html
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
- Filipp Romanov
- Ohhhhhh My!
- Posts: 94
- Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
- Location: Russia
- Been thanked: 83 times
- Contact:
Re: Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
Before sunset, I captured a video of the green flash - during the transit of Mercury! I am attaching this video:
I am also attaching the photo (the result of video processing in RegiStax 5.1).
I am also attaching the photo (the result of video processing in RegiStax 5.1).
- Attachments
-
- 15.jpg (490.06 KiB) Viewed 613 times
List of variable stars discovered by me: https://filipp-romanov.livejournal.com/27664.html
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
- Filipp Romanov
- Ohhhhhh My!
- Posts: 94
- Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:02 am
- Location: Russia
- Been thanked: 83 times
- Contact:
Re: Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
I am also attaching my video about this astronomical phenomenon:
With best regards,
Filipp.
With best regards,
Filipp.
List of variable stars discovered by me: https://filipp-romanov.livejournal.com/27664.html
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
https://flickr.com/photos/filipp-romanov
-
- Way More Fun to Share It!!
- Posts: 6871
- Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:45 pm
- Location: Essex, S.E.England
- Been thanked: 4900 times
Re: Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
Hello Filipp.
Thanks for sharing your excellent images of the 2016 event.
They are sharp and interesting to see at this time of a quiet Sun.
The presentation is just brilliant...
Best Wishes
Terry
Thanks for sharing your excellent images of the 2016 event.
They are sharp and interesting to see at this time of a quiet Sun.
The presentation is just brilliant...
Best Wishes
Terry
- Montana
- Librarian
- Posts: 34722
- Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:25 pm
- Location: Cheshire, UK
- Has thanked: 17974 times
- Been thanked: 8907 times
Re: Transit of Mercury 2016 and green flash
Wow! these are fabulous did you get anyone passing by come over and have look? it looks very quiet where you live.
I love the image at sunset
Alexandra
I love the image at sunset
Alexandra