Mercury Transit

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Published: May 11, 2016 at 8:59 pm

Austin Guerin

Tipperary Ireland

Williams Optics FLT 110mm
Seymour solar filter
Nikon D5200 camera
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ5GT

Transit of Mercury across the Sun, weather was cloudy
caught a break in the clouds at 3:30

2016-05-09T00:00:00

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