mercredi 13 novembre 2019

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory sent back images of the transit













NASA - Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) patch.

November 13, 2019

On November 11, 2019, SDO will watch the planet Mercury move across the face of the Sun.

2019 Mercury Transit by SDO

The transit views begin at 1200 UTC (7 am ET) and end at 1845 UTC (1:45 pm ET). Mercury will be visible in some of the AIA channels throughout the event.

Mercury will move onto the HMI images at 1241 UTC (7:41 am ET) and exit HMI at 1805 UTC (1:05 pm ET).

Mercury Transit 2019

Starting around approximately 1200 - 1808 UTC (7:00 am - 1:38pm ET) November 11, 2019, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory watched as Mercury move across the Sun. The Solar Dynamics Observatory views the Sun in a variety of wavelengths of light in the extreme ultraviolet.

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/main/index.html

Image, Video, Text, Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein.

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