{"id":12610,"date":"2016-05-10T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12610"},"modified":"2016-05-10T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T16:00:06","slug":"videos-solar-observatory-spacecraft-captures-great-views-of-mercury-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12610","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Solar observatory spacecraft captures great views of Mercury transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12603\">Mercury transit<\/a>\u00a0was seen by observers on the ground and by satellites in space.\u00a0The best\u00a0views of the transit came from\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\">Solar Dynamics Observatory<\/a>\u00a0(SDO) spacecraft, whose multiple imagers showed the transit in different parts of the spectrum:<\/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\/AhWMOkrzKzs?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>Another SDO view:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-12610-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov\/assets\/movies\/Mercury_AIA96s_171\/All\/Mercury_AIA96s_171_All.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov\/assets\/movies\/Mercury_AIA96s_171\/All\/Mercury_AIA96s_171_All.mp4\">http:\/\/mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov\/assets\/movies\/Mercury_AIA96s_171\/All\/Mercury_AIA96s_171_All.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Here is a NASA panel discussion about the transit:<\/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\/2V0A7yYdJSQ?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: 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:<\/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":[37,92,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-mercury-and-venus","category-solar-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3ho","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12603,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12603","url_meta":{"origin":12610,"position":0},"title":"Mercury to transit the Sun on Monday","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"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 -\u00a0NASA. https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gibaxh9x7O0 This video shows the path that it will take: https:\/\/youtu.be\/IEkkCaBTgZ8 Don't ever look directly at the sun. 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