2006 Transit of Mercury
Image Credit: SOHO (ESA/NASA)
Introduction
On November 8, 2006 the planet Mercury will transit the Sun. The next transit will not occur until 2016. We are fortunate that the full transit will be visible from Sacramento. The total time for the event will be a little less than 5 hours.
Transit Timeline
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External Ingress |
11:12:38 AM PST |
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Internal Ingress |
11:14:31 AM PST |
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Greatest Transit |
01:41:02 PM PST |
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Internal Egress |
04:07:42 PM PST |
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Internal Egress |
04:09:35 PM PST |
Observing Location
We will be observing the transit from the astronomy observing platform on the roof of Amador Hall (entrance on 4th floor).
Aerial Photo: U.S. Geological Survey
Longitude: -121.42446
Latitude: 38.55930
External Links
NASA: 2006 Transit of Mercury
ASP: Mercury, its time has come
ASP: Mercurio ¡Ha Llegado Su Turno!
Questions/Comments:
Jason Ybarra (jybarra@csus.edu)
Department of Physics & Astronomy
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819
Last Updated: October 24, 2006
