On Wednesday, Nov 8th, the planet Mercury will pass directly in front the Sun. The transit begins at 19:12 UT, (2:12 pm EST) (11:12 am PST) and lasts for almost five hours. Good views can be had from the Americas, Hawaii, Australia and all along the Pacific Rim.
Real-time images taken by the SOHO satellite of the 2006 Mercury transit.
8 November 2006 20:09:32 UTC - 9 November 2006 01:07:59 UTC
SOHO MDI Darkening Correction Filtergram
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SOHO MDI Continuum Filtergram
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A Transit of Mercury Webcast is being hosted by the NASA Digital Learning Network.
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