Transit of Mercury Draws Astronomers Veterans Day
![[CREDIT: Hinode JAXA/NASA/PPARC]This image of Mercury passing in front of the sun was captured on Nov. 8, 2006 by the Solar Optical Telescope, one of three primary instruments on the Hinode spacecraft.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/transit_mercury-2006-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Astronomers professional and amateur, are set up today to witness the transit of Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun in our solar system, travel slowly across […]