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This sequence of images shows the transit of the planet Mercury across the limb of our Sun on November 15, 1999, around 22:00 Universal Time.

Sequence taken through the Chabot 8" telescope (Leah) with a "Pixcel SBIGST-5C" CCD camera at f/26, exposure time of 1/100th of a second. Courtesy of Conrad Jung

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