There's a little black spot on the Sun today...
Viewing conditions:
St. Paul, MN
17F, windchill at 0
We had cloudy skies from sunrise until about 8am, then about a half hour clear skies, cloudy until about 9:15, then it cleared up.
We have telescopes set up for the duration of the transit, until noon. When I went in around 10:30, we had counted over 100 visitors. People love astronomy in the Twin Cities! Some parents are excusing their children to arrive late to school to see it.
This picture was taking with my Samsung Galaxy Note 8, through a 10" Dobsonian telescope.
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Transit of Mercury
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Transit of Mercury
by pumpkinpi » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:02 pm
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Too bad ignorance isn't painful.
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Re: Transit of Mercury
by Sigma_Orionis » Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:32 am
Very cool 
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
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Re: Transit of Mercury
by Rommie » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:56 pm
Cool! Clouds here. 
I saw the one in 2016 though.
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Re: Transit of Mercury
by SciFiFisher » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:22 pm
Awesome!
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Re: Transit of Mercury
by Thumper » Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:48 pm
The clouds thinned out just enough, I found my solar filters just in time, and my buddy canceled work that day. Mrs. T and I watched for quite a while from the front yard. It was awesome.
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