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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Прохождение Меркурия: музыкальное видео от Обсерватории Солнечной Динамики http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1516380/eng |
Credit & Copyright: NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center,
Genna Duberstein;
Music:
Encompass by
Mark Petrie
Explanation:
What's that small black dot moving across the Sun?
Mercury.
Possibly the clearest view of
Mercury crossing
in front of the Sun in 2016 May was from Earth orbit.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory obtained an uninterrupted vista
recording it not only in optical light but also in bands of
ultraviolet light.
Featured here is a composite movie of the crossing set to music.
Although the event might prove
successful scientifically for better
determining components of Mercury' ultra-thin atmosphere,
the event surely proved
successful culturally by involving
people throughout the world
in observing a rare astronomical phenomenon.
Many spectacular images of this
Mercury transit from around (and above) the globe were
proudly
displayed.
The next
transit of Mercury
will take place in three
weeks: on 2019 November 11.
Astrophysicists:
Browse 2,000+ codes in the Astrophysics Source Code Library
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.