transit of mercury...this transit of mercury will be visible across all of africa by simply using a...
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DO N
OT L
OOK
DIRE
CTLY
AT
THE
SUN
THR
OUGH
THE
TEL
ESCO
PE
OR W
ITH
YOUR
NAK
ED E
YES!
!
If yo
u do
, you
will
perm
anen
tly d
amag
e yo
ur e
yes
and
poss
ibly
even
go
blin
d. O
nly
look
at t
he tr
ansit
indi
rect
ly by
look
ing
at th
e pr
ojec
tion
on th
e pa
per.
This
is th
e sa
fest
way
to w
itnes
s th
is ra
re e
vent
. Co
ntac
t you
r nea
rest
uni
vers
ity, s
cien
ce c
entre
or a
mat
eur a
stro
nom
y cl
ub to
lo
cate
the
near
est v
enue
whe
re y
ou c
an s
ee th
e tra
nsit
safe
ly.
On 1
1th
Nove
mbe
r 201
9, th
e pl
anet
Mer
cury
will
pass
in
front
of t
he S
un. T
his
trans
it of
Mer
cury
will
be v
isibl
e ac
ross
all o
f Afri
ca b
y sim
ply
usin
g a
smal
l tel
esco
pe.
It w
ill ta
ke th
e pl
anet
5.5
hou
rs to
mov
e co
mpl
etel
y ac
ross
the
disc
of t
he S
un, s
tarti
ng a
t 14:
35 (2
:35
pm).
The
Sun
will
have
alre
ady
star
ted
to s
et b
y th
e tim
e M
ercu
ry re
ache
s
the
mid
-poi
nt o
f its
tran
sit, d
epen
ding
on
your
loca
tion.
(Sun
set i
n Jo
hann
esbu
rg w
ill be
at 1
8:31
(6:3
1 pm
) and
Cape
Tow
n at
19:
23 (7
:23
pm))
Tran
sits
are
rare
Tran
sits
like
thes
e ar
e ra
re a
s M
ercu
ry’s
orbi
t is
at a
n an
gle
to th
at o
f the
Ear
th. F
or e
xam
ple,
the
last
tim
e M
ercu
ry
trans
ited
the
Sun
was
in M
ay 2
016
and
the
next
one
will
only
be o
n 13
Nov
embe
r 203
2.
Plea
se n
ote,
how
ever
, tha
t in
orde
r to
see
the
tran
sit,
you
mus
t tak
e so
me
serio
us p
reca
utio
ns. Y
ou c
an
wat
ch M
ercu
ry tr
ansi
t the
Sun
but
YOU
MUS
T BE
CARE
FUL!
• Fi
rstly
, you
will
need
a te
lesc
ope
(a s
mal
l one
with
met
al
(not
pla
stic
) par
ts w
ill do
). Yo
u w
on’t
be a
ble
to s
ee th
e
trans
it w
ith b
inoc
ular
s or
spo
tting
sco
pe a
s th
ey
are
not p
ower
ful e
noug
h.
• Se
cond
ly, y
ou w
ill ne
ed a
she
et o
f cle
an
pape
r on
whi
ch to
pro
ject
the
imag
e of
the
Sun
thro
ugh
the
tele
scop
e.
emai
l: m
ercu
rytra
nsit.
sa@
gmai
l.com
tel S
AAO:
+27
21 4
47 0
025
Tran
sit o
f Mer
cury
11
Nove
mbe
r 201
9