{"id":12603,"date":"2016-05-08T17:38:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T21:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12603"},"modified":"2016-05-08T17:38:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T21:38:49","slug":"mercury-to-transit-the-sun-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12603","title":{"rendered":"Mercury to transit the Sun on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday the planet Mercury will transit across the face of the Sun as seen from earth between about 7:12 am\u00a0\u00a0and 2:42 pm\u00a0EDT :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2016\/satellites-to-see-mercury-enter-spotlight-on-may-9\" target=\"_d\">Mercury Enters Spotlight on May 9 &#8211;\u00a0NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gibaxh9x7O0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This video shows the path that it will take:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IEkkCaBTgZ8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Don&#8217;t ever look directly at the sun<\/strong><\/em>. There are various safe ways to observe the transit such as using a solar filter over a telescope aperature or to project the image onto a white board with a pinhole. The transit will also be webcast from various sites.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some sites with information on webcasts and tips on viewing the transit directly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/solarsystem\/features\/eclipse\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">Eclipses and Transits\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natureworldnews.com\/articles\/21771\/20160508\/nasa-tips-how-to-safely-watch-the-mercury-transit.htm\" target=\"_d\">NASA Tips: How To Safely Watch the Mercury Transit &#8211; Nature World News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/goddard\/how-to-safely-watch-the-october-23-partial-solar-eclipse\/#.Vy-wF_krJ9N\" target=\"_d\">How to Safely Watch the Oct. 23 Partial Solar Eclipse &#8211;\u00a0NASA<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; info applies to this solar event as well<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/astronomy-news\/observing-news\/live-webcast-of-may-9th-transit-of-mercury\/\" target=\"_d\">S&amp;T Live Webcast: May 9th&#8217;s Transit of Mercury &#8211; Sky &amp; Telescope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyandtelescope.com\/astronomy-news\/observing-news\/may-9th-transit-of-mercury-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_d\">May 9th Transit of Mercury: Everything You Need to Know &#8211; Sky &amp; Telescope<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday the planet Mercury will transit across the face of the Sun as seen from earth between about 7:12 am\u00a0\u00a0and 2:42 pm\u00a0EDT :\u00a0Mercury Enters Spotlight on May 9 &#8211;\u00a0NASA. This video shows the path that it will take: Don&#8217;t ever look directly at the sun. There are various safe ways to observe the transit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12603\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mercury to transit the Sun on Monday<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,92,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-mercury-and-venus","category-solar-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3hh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12610,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12610","url_meta":{"origin":12603,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Solar observatory spacecraft captures great views of Mercury transit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mercury transit\u00a0was seen by observers on the ground and by satellites in space.\u00a0The best\u00a0views of the transit came from\u00a0the\u00a0Solar Dynamics Observatory\u00a0(SDO) spacecraft, whose multiple imagers showed the transit in different parts of the spectrum: https:\/\/youtu.be\/AhWMOkrzKzs 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: https:\/\/youtu.be\/2V0A7yYdJSQ","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=37"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/AhWMOkrzKzs\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5428,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5428","url_meta":{"origin":12603,"position":1},"title":"Comet ISON update &#8211; Swinging around the sun, Images from NASA spacecraft, and more","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"As mentioned earlier,\u00a0Comet ISON\u00a0has brightened considerably as it has gotten closer to the sun. 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