Mercury transit.

[coopers]

Shot using Baader filter
400mm f/5.6L +1.4x
ƒ/8.0
1/640

Managed to find a few gaps in the cloud,but found the wind to be a bit of a pain.

The Transit of Mercury across the Sun by Clive Weedon, on Flickr

Thanks,
Clive.

 

[Jimi-the-fish]

Great shot Clive. Love the detail in the sunspots. I had a class of year 7s watching it - seeing it for real may actually have been better than the internet for a few moments!
J

 

[Norkie]

Excellent image, well done

 

[Jannyfox]

Nice one. I was all ready but cloud then rain got in the way.

 

[coopers]

Great shot Clive. Love the detail in the sunspots. I had a class of year 7s watching it - seeing it for real may actually have been better than the internet for a few moments!
J

Thanks....definitely better watching it live.

Excellent image, well done

Thanks

Nice one. I was all ready but cloud then rain got in the way.

Cheers,cloud and the wind was playing havoc,had about an hours window to get it in.