Mercury
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Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8")
Camera: Skyris 236M with Orion RGB filters
Exposure: Stack of 10000 frames @ FPS (avg.)=53 Shutter=8.000ms Gain=77 (16%)
Date: Mar 31st 2017
Time: 6:47 pm
Location: Campbell, CA
Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8")
Camera: Celestron NexImage
Barlow: Orion Shorty-Plus 2x
Exposure: Stack of 1836@30fps
Date: May 16th 2008
Time: 8:45 pm

Mercury at ~2000X

Note: On the left side we can see Mercury as captured by the camera. The result is smeared due to the atmospheric dispersion effects. An IR rejection filter is needed to avoid this. In the right image the color has been corrected and the ghost images have been manually removed. Telescope: Celestron CPC 800 (8")
Barlow: Powermate Televue 5x
Camera: Celestron NexImage
Exposure: Stack of 600@5fps
Date: May 16th 2008
Time: 8:37 pm

Next Transits of Mercury

2016 May 9, Starts at 11:11, Ends at 18:45
2019 Nov 11, Starts at 12:35, Ends at 18:06
2032 Nov 13, Starts at 06:41, Ends at 11:09
2039 Nov 7, Starts at 07:17, Ends at 10:18
2049 May 7, Starts at 11:03, Ends at 17:48

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