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Videos: Solar observatory spacecraft captures great views of Mercury transit

May 10, 2016 TopSpacer

The Mercury transit was seen by observers on the ground and by satellites in space. The best views of the transit came from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft, whose multiple imagers showed the transit in different parts of the spectrum:

Another SDO view:

http://mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/movies/Mercury_AIA96s_171/All/Mercury_AIA96s_171_All.mp4

Here is a NASA panel discussion about the transit:

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