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Your event will also be featured on the AWB world map.
Together we’ll make Mercury Transits the Sun a HUGE success.
It's all about sharing!
Have visitors take their pictures the Mercury Transit, the "star" of the event. Project a live image of the transit on a wall from a telescope if you can. Project a photo of the transit from a computer. Print a photo and tape it up. Make a banner of the event. Be creative! Create a "Photo Booth" for photos of your visitors with the transit as a souvenir of this historic event.
Share your photos from this exciting event with us and the world on Facebook, or Tweet using #OnePeopleOneTransit hashtag
What: Show the Mercury transit to everyone so that they can share in viewing this rare celestial event.
When: November 11, 2019
Mercury crosses the edge of the Sun and into view at 7:36 a.m Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 12:36 Universal Time (UT). The planet will slowly make its way across the face of the sun, reaching mid-point at approximately 1:04 p.m. EST (18:04 Universal Time), and finally leaving the solar disk at 2:42 p.m. The entire 5.5-hour path across the sun will be visible across the Eastern North America. South America and far-western Africa.
Where: The transit will be observable across the Americas, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, New Zealand, Europe, Africa and western Asia. Unfortunately anyone in central and eastern Asia, Japan, Indonesia, and Australia will miss the entire event. Here's a map.
