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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.

Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory
:

Transit of Mercury!
 
Transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun.
Details can be seen below...
!!!!!!  IMPORTANT NOTICE  !!!!!!
!!!!!!  IMPORTANT NOTICE  !!!!!!
!!!!!!  IMPORTANT NOTICE  !!!!!!
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WARNING!!  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


 Click for MAP & DIRECTIONS to ACA Observatory

.Visible satellite passes from the ACA Observatory:

 
.Solar System objects rise/transit/set times from the ACA Observatory on the date of this event...

 
 

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...

e

ical "seeing" (steadiness of the air), the shorter the arrows, the better.

 


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