Mercury Transit 2016 from SDO/AIA at 171 Ångstroms

  • Released Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:48PM
  • ID: 4462

Mercury transit, from May 9, 2016, as seen by the AIA telescope with 171 Ångstrom filter on Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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