Tag: Mercury Transit

• Mercury Occults the Earth: A Transit Seen From the Sun!

  Today we are going back in time to 2019, so not particularly far back in time. We’re going back to 2019 to the 11th of November to take a look at a transit of Mercury. On the 11th of the 11th 2019, if we take a closer look at the Sun in the evening before…

  Caoimhín de Bhailís

  July 9, 2026

  Astronomy, Astronomy Video

  2019, Astronomy, daytime astronomy, mercury and the earth, Mercury Transit, science, solar, space, stargazing, video

• Looking Forward: Comet Halley in 2061 and Mercury’s Transit in 2032

  As promised last time, we are going to be looking far ahead into the future to take a look at Halley’s Comet. Halley’s Comet has a period of about 75 years, though this varies due to the planets effect as it passes them. Right now, we have to wait 37 years for it to return…

  Caoimhín de Bhailís

  May 7, 2024

  Astronomy, Astronomy Video

  Astronomy, comet, Halley’s Comet, Mercury Transit, science, solar-system, space, transit, video