Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Nov 9th: Mercury Transit Observation

Date: Thursday, November 9th 2006
Transit Begins: 03:12 am
In Brunei, can see at: 06:06 am
Transit Ends: 08:10 am
Venue: Pantai Tungku

Other Info:

  • A powerful telescope and a few mini-scopes will be setup for a safe public viewing
  • If weather permits, transit watchers will be able to see Mercury appears as a black spot less than 1/195 the diameter of the sun passing across the Sun disk
  • Prevention from eyes damage should be practice at all times
  • People in Brunei will have to wait for another 3 decades for the next mercury transit be visible from Brunei on Nov 13, 2032
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