Mercury

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Gallery Transit of Mercury, 11 November 2019

Composite image of Mercury transiting across the sun on 9 May, 2016, as seen by HMI on NASA's Solar Dynamics Obersvatory. Credit: NASA/SDO

Transit of Mercury 2019 Livestream

Mercury, planet

A guide to the planets Mercury

A focal length of 1,000mm (or above) is needed to define Mercury against the Sun’s disc. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophoto guides

How to photograph the transit of Mercury

Mercury passing in front of the Sun captured in 2006 by the Solar Optical Telescope. Credit: Hinode JAXA/NASA/PPARC

Transit of Mercury, 11 November 2019: what it is and how to see it

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Bepi Colombo: Mission to Mercury

The perihelion of Mercury's orbit is shifting slightly, an effect MESSENGER was able to measure. Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre

Solar System’s orbits are expanding

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Mercury is tectonically active

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The search for Vulcan

Mercury Transit MAP

How to view the 9th May Mercury Transit