Transit of Mercury on May 9, 2016 from filter in angular Watch Video
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Description: First of all, I would like to thank Ashley Marando in allowing me to use her excellent photograph of the Sun.nnMercury will pass between the Earth and the Sun on May 9 2016. A telescope with a SOLAR FILTER is required to see this celestial event. Mercury is too small for the eye to see without a telescope. The angular diameter of this planet on May 9th is 12 arc seconds. The smallest the human eye can see is around 60 seconds of arc so a telescope (with a solar filter) is definitely required. Pa
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