The Mercury Transit of 7 May 2003
Belgium, observation location 50,717 W 4,217 E

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All images are taken with a 200 mm Newton reflector and a type 2 solar filter.
Times are measured with a GPS receiver and are accurate within a second.

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Ingress

07/05/2003 05h15m27s UT

Kodak Gold 100 ISO
1/180 sec prime focus
  • Mercury is on top.
07/05/2003 05h16m35s UT

Kodak Gold 100 ISO
1/180 sec prime focus
  • Mercury is on top.
Transit

07/05/2003 07h00m00s UT

Agfa Vista 100 ISO
1/180 sec prime focus
  • Mercury is on the top right.
07/05/2003 09h51m00s UT

Agfa Vista 100 ISO
1/250 sec prime focus
  • Mercury is on the top right.
07/05/2003 10h15m00s UT

Kodak Gold 100 ISO
1/250 sec prime focus
  • Mercury is on the top right.
  • bad print: traces of date/time label on the back are visible on the front!
Engress

07/05/2003 10h28m00s UT

Kodak Gold 100 ISO
1/180 sec prime focus
  • Mercury is on the top right.
  • exposure is too long.
  • bad print: traces of date/time label on the back are visible on the front!
07/05/2003 10h28m20s UT

Kodak Gold 100 ISO
1/180 sec prime focus
  • exposure is too long.
  • bad print: traces of date/time label on the back are visible on the front!
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