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Hinode Sees Transit of Mercury!
Instruments on Hinode have successfully obtained images of the transit of the planet Mercury, which occurred on November 8 from 19:12 - 00:09 UT.
To convert your local time to Universal Time (UT) visit the Sun-Earth Connection pages. For movies and more images, go to the pages of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Hinode Project office.
sequence of three images showing Mercury transit
close-up sequence of three images showing Mercury transit

These images were obtained with the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) in the G-band. These data have NOT been calibrated.

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