Mercury across the sun: upturned noses with amateurs Agordino – Corriere delle Alpi

AGORDO. May 9, Mercury passes on Sole. After being the center of attention in April, thanks to a wonderful evening appearance in May Mercury will draw even more the interest of fans, the main protagonist of the astronomical phenomenon of 2016: transit through solar disk. Monday 9, and from 13.15 until 20.30 (for over 7 hours), the small and very dark disk of the innermost planet of the solar system will be projected on our star, creating a celestial spectacle that we lacked for 13 years, we can admired almost totally it is given that, due to the setting of the Sun, there will be precluded only the last 10 ‘. We can only hope for a beautiful cloudless day, the presence of which would force us to wait three and a half years for the next scheduled transit

11 November 2019. On this occasion, the Amateur Astronomers Association of Agordo “Heavens Dolomites» organizes public observation in Agordo near the fountain of BROI, from 13 onwards, just to observe, through its telescopes, the transit of Mercury across the Sun. (g.san.)