Conveners
Mercury transit
- Michael Lestinsky (GSI, Darmstadt)
Description
The innermost planet of our solar system, Mercury will transit through the solar disk on May 9th. This is a rare constellation and gives an impression of the planets size in relation to the sun, as well as plasma features in the solar photosphere. If weather permits, we will have the opportunity to visually observe the beginning of this transit safely through an astronomical telescope in 'white light'.
The transit is about to start at 13h12m13.8s and lasts until 20h40m32.2s.
