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And for the final comparison, here is the same scene shot with my Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Well actually I think the Samsung did the best job haha Darn it.
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Photographed in mid-town Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Multiple exposures, between 07.18 and 14.37 EDT.
Transits of the tiny planet Mercury across the face of the Sun are rare: They occur, on average, just 13.4 times per century. The entire 7 hours 30 minutes of this transit was visible throughout North America, and here in Toronto we were lucky to get a clear sky for most of the day.
Mercury's path across the Sun is at a diagonal angle, because Mercury's orbit around the Sun is tilted or inclined some 7° with respect to Earth's orbit around the Sun. This is why, most of the time when Mercury passes between Earth and the Sun (on average 21 times out of every 22 orbits), the innermost planet passes to the north or the south of the Sun, and misses the Sun completely as seen from Earth, so that no transit occurs.
When transits do occur, they happen at so-called "transit seasons", in either May or November. The next transit of Mercury will occur on 2019 Nov. 11. This event will be visible in its entirety from eastern North America, and will last 5 hours, 26 minutes, with Mercury passing almost directly across the centre of the Sun.
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Note re the curved path of Mercury across the Sun:
Those of you who are keen of eye will have noted that Mercury's path across the Sun is not absolutely straight, but rather waves a little. This is real and not the result of carelessness in producing the composite image. Here is the explanation:
A geocentric observer (one located in the centre of planet Earth) would see Mercury's path across the Sun perfectly straight. But we observe from a rotating platform (Earth's surface), and therefore as Earth rotated and the Sun rose higher in the sky and then lower during the 7.5 hours of the transit, parallax changed the north-south position of Mercury relative to the Sun and produced the slightly wavy path. The same effect can be observed for the Moon's path across the sky during the course of a night.
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A sunspot can be seen near but just above the centre of the solar disk, and two tinier ones just left of centre.
Here is a photo of me with the telescope that I used for the photos comprising this composite:
www.flickr.com/photos/97587627@N06/26828397292
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Nikon D810 camera body on Explore Scientific 152 mm (6 inch) apochromatic triplet refracting telescope, with Kendrick Baader film solar filter, mounted on Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 SynScan equatorial mount
Most exposures for this composite: ISO 100; 1/500 sec. exposure at f/8
Processed in Photoshop CS6 (masking, brightness, contrast, colour desaturation, sharpening)
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Iron Forge Round 2
There’s been too many great entries to note... but I felt like it was my cue to come in. This one deserves a high score!
TED: "I found a book full of info about the place we're stayin' in, an' the surroundin' area too. So I'll jest 'ave a kwik look fru' before I makes any desisshuns about wot we're gonna do this week."
ALF: "Let me see! Let me see!"
Con questo scatto vi saluto ......
Mi serve una pausa .....
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Music note on a granit block.
This shot was taken where the Ireland Anthem compositor was born. On Dorset Street.
Following on from yesterday's scene-setter, this is the first of this spring's occasional photos showing what remains of the rural Texas Gulf Coast plains. The photo was taken a mere five miles from the previous post "Darkness at the edge of town".
If I wrote a note to God; I would speak whats in my soul
I’d ask for all the hate to be swept away; For love to overflow
If I wrote a note to God; I’d pour my heart out on each page
I’d ask for war to end; For peace to mend this world
I’d say, I’d say, I’d say
Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it seems like so much is going wrong
On this road…… we’re on
If I wrote a note to God; I’d say please help us find our way
End all the bitterness; Put some tenderness in our hearts
And I’d say, I’d say, I’d say
Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it looks like we haven’t got a clue; Need some help from you
Grant us the faith to carry on
Give us hope when it seems all hope is gone
Cause it seems like so much is going wrong; On this road we’re on
No, no no no
We can’t do this on our own
So
Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it looks like we haven’t got a clue
Need some help from you
Grant us the faith to carry on
Give us hope when it seems all hope is gone
Cause it seems like so much is going wrong
On this road we’re on
No, no no no...We can’t do this on our own
So, So
If I wrote a note to God
Writer: Diane Warren
فيَ هذي اللقطة تفسلسفة شوي , صورة أربع صور و دمجتهم عشان احصل ع لقطة طولية بزاوية واسعه هع . . xD
ان شاء الله تعججبكككم . . =)
Canon EOS 60d
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
My BB PIN: 27113992
Diptych: June 2013 © Lise Utne
I think ipernity offers a good visual environment. I wish more of you folks would come over...