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Mercury TRANSIT OVER THE SUN

 7 May 2003

Location

Porto Salvo, Portugal  -  38º 42' N, 9º 17' W

Equipment

• Meade ETX-70AT (D = 70mm, F = 350mm, f/5) telescope
• Baader Planetarium solar film (see construction process) 
  
• Barlow Orion Shorty-Plus 3-element 2x
  
• Barlow Meade #126 2x
  
• Olympus C-730UZ digital camera
  

The possible photo

Mercury transiting Sun about 11:10 AM.