{"id":336,"date":"2015-10-18T18:51:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T18:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2019-11-17T22:03:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T22:03:24","slug":"transit-of-mercury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit of Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Recent Transit of Mercury Pages:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/transitofmercury\/\">https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/transitofmercury\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/2016tom\/\">2016 Transit of Mercury <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/2019tom\/\">2019 Transit of Mercury <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Most Recent Transit of Mercury:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/2019tom\/\">2019 Transit of Mercury<\/a><\/p>\n<div>11\/<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">12 November 2019<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Xavier Jubier\u2019s map:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/xjubier.free.fr\/en\/site_pages\/transits\/ToM_2019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/xjubier.free.fr\/en\/site_pages\/transits\/ToM_2019.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/timeanddate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Timeanddate.com<\/a>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/transit\/2019-november-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/eclipse\/transit\/2019-november-11<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Wikipedia:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transit_of_Mercury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transit_of_Mercury<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>May 9, 2016 Transit<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nicmosis.as.arizona.edu:8000\/ECLIPSE_WEB\/TOM2016\/TOM2016.html\">Glenn Schneider (Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona)<br \/>\nin collaboration with Jay Pasachoff (Williams College)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap160520.html\">Astronomy Picture of the Day<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xjubier.free.fr\/en\/site_pages\/transits\/xST_GoogleMap3.php?Trt=+20160509&amp;Acc=2\">Xavier Jubier&#8217;s Interactive Map<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venus-transit.de\/Mercury2016\/\">Java Applet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Bv1ASpuCzc\">Chris Kennedy&#8217;s YouTube and Stellarium Simulation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hou.usra.edu\/meetings\/lpsc2015\/pdf\/1327.pdf\">Open University Outreach Discussion<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transit_of_Mercury\">Wikipedia on Transits of Mercury<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.staff.science.uu.nl\/~rutte101\/solar_abstracts\/solabs_pasachoff.html\">Pasachoff&#8217;s 2015 Abstracts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nightwise.org\">Nightwise<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Solving the Mystery of the Black Drop Effect<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nicmosis.as.arizona.edu:8000\/POSTERS\/TOM1999.jpg\">Glenn Schneider, Leon Golub, and Jay Pasachoff&#8217;s paper from the American Astronomical Society&#8217;s Division of Planetary Science meeting in 2001<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>November 8, 2006 Transit<\/h2>\n<p>The transit of Mercury expedition was supported in part by the Committee for Research and Exploration of the National Geographic Society with student participation supported by the Rob Spring fund at Williams College.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-336 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/06_transit_ingress\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_INGRESS-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_INGRESS-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_INGRESS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_INGRESS.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-337'>\n\t\t\t\tImaged at Haleakala Observatory by Jay Pasachoff, Glenn Schneider, and Suranjit Tilakawardane in 2007\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/06_transit_hour4_ol\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_HOUR4_OL-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_HOUR4_OL-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_HOUR4_OL-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_HOUR4_OL.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-338'>\n\t\t\t\tImaged at Haleakala Observatory by Jay Pasachoff, Glenn Schneider, and Suranjit Tilakawardane in 2007\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/06_transit_ciip1d\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_CIIP1D-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_CIIP1D-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_CIIP1D-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/06_TRANSIT_CIIP1D.jpg 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-339'>\n\t\t\t\tImaged at Haleakala Observatory by Jay Pasachoff, Glenn Schneider, and Suranjit Tilakawardane in 2007\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/mercury_gband_speckle\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/mercury_gband_speckle-300x300.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/mercury_gband_speckle-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/mercury_gband_speckle-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-341'>\n\t\t\t\tTransit of Mercury, by Bryce Babcock and Kevin Reardon, Imaged at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the Sacramento Peak Observatory, National Solar Observatory \/ NSF &#8211; in a CH molecular line \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/caii\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/caII-300x176.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/caII-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/caII-500x294.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/caII.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-343'>\n\t\t\t\tTransit of Mercury, by Kevin Reardon (Arcetri Observatory), Imaged with the IBIS instrument mounted at the Dunn Solar Telescope of the Sacramento Peak Observatory, National Solar Observatory \/ NSF &#8211; in CaII\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/h_alpha\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/H_alpha-300x176.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/H_alpha-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/H_alpha-500x294.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/H_alpha.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-344'>\n\t\t\t\tin H alpha\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/mercury_2ndcontact\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/mercury_2ndcontact-300x300.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/mercury_2ndcontact-300x300.gif 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/mercury_2ndcontact-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-345'>\n\t\t\t\tsecond contact\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/whl_limb_sqr\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/whl_limb_sqr-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/whl_limb_sqr-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/whl_limb_sqr-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/whl_limb_sqr.jpeg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-346'>\n\t\t\t\tin white light\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/sunrise2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise2-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise2-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise2.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-348'>\n\t\t\t\tSunrise outside the Mees Solar Observatory on Haleakala, about three hours before first contact, by Jay Pasachoff\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/transit-of-mercury\/attachment\/sunrise1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise1-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/Sunrise1.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-347'>\n\t\t\t\tSunrise outside the Mees Solar Observatory on Haleakala, about three hours before first contact, by Jay Pasachoff\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.williams.edu\/Astronomy\/eclipse\/transits\/ToM\/ToM_06_release.htm\">Press Release <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/trace.lmsal.com\/transits\/mercury_2006\">TRACE images (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, JAXA, NASA)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hinode.nao.ac.jp\/news\/061109MercuryTransit\/\">HINODE images (Lockheed MArtin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, JAXA, NASA) &#8211; #1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/headlines\/y2006\/17nov_xraytransit.htm?list186703\">#2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.isas.jaxa.jp\/e\/snews\/2006\/1109.shtml\">#3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu\/MWLT\/MercTrans2006\/Mtrans.html\">University of Hawaii&#8217;s solar site, for a white-light movie<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gong.nso.edu\/mercury_transit06\/\">National Solar Observatory&#8217;s GONG project <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\/eclipses\/gallery_08nov06.htm\">Spaceweather.com gallery <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hydrogenalpha.com\/tom\/\">Fred Bruenjes&#8217;s H-alpha images, including Mercury silhouetted against a prominence <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap061110.html\">Phil Jones&#8217;s Astronomy Picture of the Day H-alpha full-disk image <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/mercuryTransit.cfm\">Kepler foreshadowing \/ SOHO image series <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transitofvenus.org\/\">Chuck Bueter&#8217;s transitofvenus.org <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nso.edu\/press\/merc_trans06\/\">National Solar Observatory ToM page <\/a><\/p>\n<h2>May 7, 2003, Transit<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_350\" style=\"width: 698px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/2003Mercury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-350\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/2003Mercury.jpg\" alt=\"Swedish Solar Telescope, La Palma, courtesy of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/2003Mercury.jpg 688w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/2003Mercury-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/2003Mercury-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swedish Solar Telescope, La Palma, courtesy of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_351\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/UDcomposit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351\" class=\"size-full wp-image-351\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/UDcomposit.jpg\" alt=\"composite image from the Udaipur, India, GONG site, carefully co-registered so that the overall Sun stayed steady; the solar rotation blurred out the sunspots \" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/UDcomposit.jpg 860w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/UDcomposit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/pasachoff\/files\/2015\/10\/UDcomposit-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Composite image from the Udaipur, India, GONG site,\u00a0carefully co-registered so that the overall Sun stayed steady; the solar rotation blurred out the sunspots<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chippewa.nascom.nasa.gov\/TRACE\/mercury_2003\/\">2003 Mercury transit page at TRACE<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.williams.edu\/Astronomy\/eclipse\/transits\/ToM\/images\/mercury2003_WL_small2.mov\">2003 Mercury transit white-light video by TRACE (13 MB)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarphysics.kva.se\/Mercurytransit7May2003\/\">2003 Mercury transit page at the New Swedish Solar Telescope, La Palma<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov\/hotshots\/2003_05_07\/\">2003 Mercury transit page at SOHO<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gong.nso.edu\/mercury_transit03\/\">2003 Mercury transit page at GONG<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vestige.lmsal.com\/TRACE\/POD\/images\/Mercury2003_combo.gif\">2003 Mercury transit TRACE combination image<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vestige.lmsal.com\/TRACE\/POD\/movies\/Mercury2003_cpk.avi\">TRACE movie in an extreme-ultraviolet wavelength<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chippewa.nascom.nasa.gov\/TRACE\/mercury_2003\/mercury2003_WL_small2.mov\">TRACE movie in white light<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/astrosurf.com\/studiosaros\/Transit.html\">A ground-based image by Philippe Jacquot of Annecy, France<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gong.noao.edu\/cgi-bin\/generic_js_movie.pl\">movie from the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/users.pandora.be\/create\/mercury.htm\">ground-based composite white-light image by D. 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