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** ATTENTION: Venus Occultation (29th May 2003) Live webcast was here**

Show is over!


Transit of Mercury, May 07, 2003
Live Images from Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi, India (28°36'12.4" N, 077°11'59.9" E)

Show is over, you can visit the Image Archive!!!. Contact timings deduced, see updates.

Live view of the Mercury Transit. Click for a higher resolution (640x480 pixels) version. North on top, East on left. All times are in UT This image was processed and uploaded while the show was still on.
In this last image uploaded, mercury (near top right) is seen a few minutes before it left suns disk completely. Click for a higher resolution (640x480 pixels) version. North on top, East on left. All times are in UT
Image Archive
The above image was processed and uploaded while the show was still on.


Updates (newest on top):
28 May 2003, 12:00 UT: Preliminary Contact Timings Deduced from the Web cam photos:
                       II contact  : 05:16:36 UT
                       III contact : 10:25:40 UT
                       IV contact  : 10:29:56 UT
07 May 2003, 10:31 UT: Show is over. Apologies for slow update.Thanks a googleplex for
                       those who stayed connected.
07 May 2003, 10:04 UT: About 20 minutes to 3rd contact.
07 May 2003, 09:43 UT: We have a better focus now.
07 May 2003, 09:03 UT: Sky still partly cloudy, still managing some good shots.
07 May 2003, 05:28 UT: Partly cloudy sky.
07 May 2003, 05:15 UT: We have the first contact.
07 May 2003, 01:16 UT: Waiting for the event to start.Slightly cloudy skies.You can see
                       the LIVE images of our preperations.

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Mercury Transit 2003 - Information (External) | Image Archive | The Team | The Setup

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