Mercury Transit on May 7, 2003
The view through a large telescope may have offered scenes like this one, when the black disk of Mercury (above, left) passed near a group of sunspots on the solar surface. This picture is a montage that was created for a press release before the Mercury Transit that took place on May 7, 2003.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0312b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 2 May 2003 |
| Related releases: | eso0312 |
| Size: | 600 x 497 px |
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