Posted on Oct 21, 2019
APOD: 2019 October 21 - A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO." SDO is NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Launched in February 2010, SDO studies how solar activity is created and how Space Weather comes from that activity. It also provides a ringside seat for watching solar transits.
A solar transit occurs when an object passes (line of sight) between the Earth and the Sun. The planet Mercury does so only 13 times every 100 years. This video clip (2:05) is a composite of imagery taken in different bands of ultraviolet light during the May 2016 transit. The next Mercury transit is right around the corner: November 11, 2019.
A solar transit occurs when an object passes (line of sight) between the Earth and the Sun. The planet Mercury does so only 13 times every 100 years. This video clip (2:05) is a composite of imagery taken in different bands of ultraviolet light during the May 2016 transit. The next Mercury transit is right around the corner: November 11, 2019.
APOD: 2019 October 21 - A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO
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APOD: 2019-10-21 - A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO (Narrated by Emma)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - October 21st, 2019 - A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO (Narrated by Emma) What's that small black dot moving across the S...
Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Monday, October 21, 2019 entitled "A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO."
Image: APOD: 2019-10-21 - A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO (Narrated by Emma)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day - October 21st, 2019 - A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO (Narrated by Emma)
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"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALVoitpZzLM
Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me.
FYI TSgt Joe C. Sgt (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SPC Margaret Higgins SSG Michael Noll COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Image: APOD: 2019-10-21 - A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO (Narrated by Emma)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day - October 21st, 2019 - A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO (Narrated by Emma)
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"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALVoitpZzLM
Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me.
FYI TSgt Joe C. Sgt (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SPC Margaret Higgins SSG Michael Noll COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Will have to research to see if our neck of the woods can see this. Morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. 'Bill' Price CPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene LawrenceMaj Robert Thornton SPC Douglas Bolton TSgt Joe C. SGT James Murphy SGT Mark Anderson SFC Craig Dalen Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SSG Michael Noll PO3 Craig Phillips
LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. 'Bill' Price CPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene LawrenceMaj Robert Thornton SPC Douglas Bolton TSgt Joe C. SGT James Murphy SGT Mark Anderson SFC Craig Dalen Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SSG Michael Noll PO3 Craig Phillips
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
Good morning Maj Marty Hogan. Check http://www.nasa.gov/sdo for a live stream on Nov 11th.
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Good "Monday" Evening Maj William W. 'Bill' Price and thanks for sharing the APOD "A Mercury Transit Music Video from SDO" with us this morning. Hope you had a great day Bill and enjoy the rest of your Monday evening!
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