Timeline for Is it possible to see mercury transit "clearly" by the naked eye?
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| Nov 7, 2019 at 12:38 | comment | added | Uwe | @WayfaringStranger For me it was not hard at all to see. Very easy to find Venus before Sun. I am near-sighted but perfectly corrected. | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 15:26 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | Even Venus' transit is hard to eyeball through dark filters. Doable, unless you are too old, but a bit iffy, especially with the spots in your eyes that you pock up from looking anywhere near the sun. It helps to know which solar quadrant you want to look in before starting. Camera with a moderate zoom will pick it out nicely. Filters are still a good idea, as the sun can melt holes in plastic camera optics. | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 17:05 | history | migrated | from space.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Nov 4, 2019 at 6:44 | comment | added | Barmar | Luckily we're at a sunspot minimum, so any spots are most likely transits. apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191028.html | |
| Nov 3, 2019 at 23:30 | comment | added | uhoh | @OscarLanzi readers, exercise caution! Never point a telescope anywhere near the Sun unless it is equipped with a special solar filter designed explicitly to work with your telescope, obtained from a recognized company who supports solar filter for telescopes. Even then, don't use it without reading both the instructions and several articles on the topic. Familiarize yourself with the technique. "And proper filtering" should not be a separate afterthought! | |
| Nov 2, 2019 at 21:11 | history | answered | Uwe | CC BY-SA 4.0 |