Astroblog: Watch the Transit of Mercury on Streaming TV (tonight, May 9)

Monday, May 09, 2016

Watch the Transit of Mercury on Streaming TV (tonight, May 9)

Transit of Mercury as seen from Australia in November 2006 at around 8:30am, click to enlarge. Mercury is the tiny dot roughly in the centre-top.

Tonight, May 9 2016, is a rare Transit of Mercury, where Mercury crosses the Sun's face. We can't see it from Australia (we saw a nice one in 2006 though), but there are several sites which are live-streaming the event. Here are some courtesy of Suzy Webb. Broadcasting should start around 9:00 pm AEST (8:30 pm ACST and 7 pm AWST)

Virtual Telescope Project: http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/webtv/

Global Star Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX-quH2cFyw

Slooh: http://live.slooh.com/stadium/live/transit-of-mercury-2016

Labels: Mercury, transit