Image:Mercury transit 2.jpg

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Description	The Historical Transit of Mercury on November 8,2006. Please note that sunspot #923, which is just below the equator at the left-hand side, is much bigger than Mercury is. You could also see two more sunspots at the right-hand side at the equator. You could see Mercury as a small black dot in the lower middle of the solar disk. w:Limb darkening is clearly seen at the image. The picture was taken with a white filter and prime focus. The image was published at NASA Site
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Date	11/08/06
Author	Mila Zinkova
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current	20:35, 1 May 2008	2,000×2,000 (1.38 MB)	Mbz1	({{Information \|Description= The Historical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Mercury Transit] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28planet%29 Mercury] on November 8,2006. Please note that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot sunspot] #923, w)

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File change date and time	13:32, 1 May 2008
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