Transit of Mercury 2016

BSL Video
Monday 9th May 2016
The Transit of Mercury will be visible for a least several hours from the UK & Europe.

Mercury’s path in front of the Sun is almost a horizontal line, but the angle from where we observe the Sun from Earth; makes it look it passes in a curve, if you miss it, the next one will be on Monday 11th November 2019.

BSL Video-clip
Transit of Mercury 2016

Timetable
The times are shown below for Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

160505-001 Rare Transit of Mercury across the Sun

 

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