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Monday November 11, 2019 at 7:30 AM |
Status updated by our Observatory Director on Sunday,
November 10, 2019 at 1:34 PM |
Unfortunately, the weather forecast is near 100% chance
of rain & snow Monday morning and into the afternoon.
As a result, our Mercury Transit Event has been
CANCELLED. |
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Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory:
Transit of Mercury!
Transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun.
Details can be seen below... |
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To observe this event,
specially
equipped telescopes are absolutely required!
A split second of unprotected naked-eye viewing
of the Sun will cause PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE
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We will have many telescopes
set up to view the transit of Mercury
across the Sun. We will also try to view Venus through our 16"
observatory
telescope at some period during the observing session.
The Best Free Coffee in Akron will be available during the event.
This event is weather dependent, so check back to this site for the
latest update.
Full Details of the Transit are available by
clicking here
Phases of the
2019 Transit of Mercury
As Seen from NE Ohio |
Event |
Local
Time
(EST) |
Position of Mercury in the Sky |
Apparent location
on the Sun* |
Altitude |
Azimuth |
Contact I |
7:36:29 AM |
3.681° |
117.079° |
7 o'clock |
Contact II |
7:38:10 AM |
3.966° |
117.366° |
7 o'clock |
Greatest Transit |
10:20:16 AM |
26.264° |
150.571° |
upper left of center |
Contact III |
1:02:25 PM |
30.385° |
194.731° |
above 3 o'clock |
Contact IV |
1:04:08 PM |
30.302° |
195.199° |
above 3 o'clock |
*note: in a non-inverting /
non-reversing "binocular" type view |
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.Visible satellite passes from
the ACA Observatory:
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.Solar System objects rise/transit/set times from the ACA Observatory on the date of this event... |
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Be
sure to hit the REFRESH / RELOAD button on your browser
(or the <F5> key on your keyboard) for up-to-date information for
the Clear Sky Chart below...
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ical "seeing" (steadiness of the air), the shorter the arrows, the better.
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