Mercury Transit 2019 - 4K

  • Released Monday, November 11th, 2019
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:45PM
  • ID: 13425

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Music Credit: Frosted Lace by Matthew Charles Gilbert Davidson

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Starting around approximately 1200 - 1808 UTC (7:00 am - 1:38pm ET) November 11, 2019, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory watched as Mercury move across the Sun. The Solar Dynamics Observatory views the Sun in a variety of wavelengths of light in the extreme ultraviolet.

Composite image of Mercury transit across the Sun, as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Oberservatory on Nov. 11, 2019.

Composite image of Mercury transit across the Sun, as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Oberservatory on Nov. 11, 2019.

Composite image of Mercury transit across the Sun, as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Oberservatory on Nov. 11, 2019.

Composite image of Mercury transit across the Sun, as seen by NASA's Solar Dynamics Oberservatory on Nov. 11, 2019.

Video en español. Desde alrededor de las 1200 hasta las 1808 UTC (7:00 a.m. a 1:38 p.m. ET) el 11 de noviembre de 2019, el Observatorio de Dinámica Solar de la NASA observó cómo Mercurio se desplazaba frente al Sol. El Observatorio de Dinámica Solar observa el Sol en una variedad de longitudes de onda en el espectro de luz ultravioleta extremo.

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