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Mercury transit begins in little over an hour... for those who have the sun up :)

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Mercury transit begins in little over an hour... for those who have the sun up :)
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RE: Mercury transit begins in little over an hour... for those who have the sun up :)
May 9, 2016 at 10:03 am (This post was last modified: May 9, 2016 at 10:04 am by Alex K.)
(May 9, 2016 at 9:59 am)pocaracas Wrote:
(May 9, 2016 at 9:54 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: @Alex

What sort of filter did you use for that?

A green one. Tongue

Pretty much Big Grin

It's a broadband filter which cuts off long and short wavelengths in order to reduce chromatic errors in fast and not superexpensive refractors. It's basically a band pass.
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May 9, 2016 at 10:09 am
(May 9, 2016 at 9:59 am)pocaracas Wrote:
(May 9, 2016 at 9:54 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: @Alex

What sort of filter did you use for that?

A green one.  Tongue

Durr. Big Grin
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May 9, 2016 at 10:21 am
This should help;

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May 9, 2016 at 10:26 am
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RE: Mercury transit begins in little over an hour... for those who have the sun up :)
May 9, 2016 at 2:08 pm
Boo to clouds.
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May 9, 2016 at 2:43 pm
(May 9, 2016 at 2:08 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Boo to clouds.

Yeah that sucks. We got lucky to see the beginning, then it was overcast, but towards the end the sky cleared again.
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May 10, 2016 at 12:57 am (This post was last modified: May 10, 2016 at 12:57 am by Martian Mermaid.)
I always miss the cool stuff.
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