{"id":1048,"date":"2016-05-09T18:10:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T22:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2017-05-11T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T18:14:16","slug":"transit-of-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/?p=1048","title":{"rendered":"Transit of Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The day started out a bit cool, with me running around the house trying to find a good spot to set up. Started on the front sidewalk, but soon moved to the backyard. Spent most of the day observing, punctuated with frisbee breaks. I wish I had sketched more carefully to capture the effects of Earth-Sun rotation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1049\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mercury-transit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1049\" class=\"wp-image-1049 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mercury-transit-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mercury-transit-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mercury-transit-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mercury-transit-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mercury-transit.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backyard. 130-mm reflector w\/white light filter, Coronado PST.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1068\" src=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc1-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc1-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc1-1024x707.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1071\" src=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc2-1-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc2-1-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc2-1-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/merc2-1-1024x735.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day started out a bit cool, with me running around the house trying to find a good spot to set up. Started on the front sidewalk, but soon moved to the backyard. Spent most of the day observing, punctuated with frisbee breaks. 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