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Sun
Transit of Mercury
Object
Type
Constellation
Distance 149,597,900 km
More Info
Image
Date 09 Jun 2016 (Spring)
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data
Notes This image has two layers, one for the surface and one for the proms. 
Each layer itself is made up of the best 200 frames out of a 1000 frame video sequence
Equipment
Optics Coronado Solarmax 60 Refractor
Focal Length 660mm
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera PointGrey Chameleon
Focuser
Filters <0.7 Angstrom, BF10
Software FireCapture, AS2, RegiStax, Photoshop