Mercury Transit on Monday: The Gear You Need to Watch It Safely

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The Mercury transit on Nov. 11 will be accessible to amateur astronomers, as long as they have the right equipment to view it safely.

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[rod]

Hopefully some will be able to see the Mercury transit. I plan to view using my 90-mm refractor with white light solar filter, about 40x to 80x views so Mercury's 10" angular size will stand out sharply in the eyepiece view. Much depends upon local weather and cloud coverage. So if folks can view this celestial event - get outside and enjoy--Rod