On 11 November 2019, the planet Mercury passed across the face of the Sun from Earth’s perspective, in an event known as a Mercury transit.
We received a lot of images of the event from readers who’d manage to take advantage of good conditions and capture the planet’s silhouette as it drifted across the solar disc.
Here is a selection of some of our favourites.
If you managed to capture the Mercury transit, send your photo to us via email. Find details of how to do so here .
Neil Allen , Norwich. Equipment: iPhone 8, Sky-Watcher Equinox 80 refractor, TS Optics Herschel wedge.
Peter Lewis , Sutton, Greater London. Equipment: Samsung smartphone, Dobsonian telescope, Snapseed mobile app.
Sarah and Simon Fisher , Worcestershire. Equipment: Canon EOS 600D DSLR camera, 127mm Maksutove-Cassegrain, homemade Baader Solar film filter.
Andrew Hill , Exeter Airport. Equipment: Google Nexus 3A smartphone, Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PS Newtonian, Explore Scientific solar filter.
Andy Durham , Lincoln. Equipment: iPhone, Celestron SC6 Schmidt-Cassegrain, solar filter.
James Coard , County Down. Equipment: Canon EOS M100 camera, Altair Lightwave 66mm apo refractor, Hotech SCA field flattener, Baader solar filter.
Michael Bate , Milton Keynes. Equipment: Olympus E-PL7 camera, Sky-Watcher 200PDS, HEQ 5 mount, Baader AstroSolar filter.
