Above: Transit of Mercury, November 11, 2019 as I saw it from Northern Virginia using a 4.5 inch reflector with image projected onto a white paper. Elisa took the picture with her I-phone. Arrow shows Mercury. I almost missed it -- Billy texted from college to remind me of the big event.
Above: Transit of Venus June 6, 2012 as seen from Northern Virginia. Billy (age 13) took the picture with his I-phone 4. Venus is much bigger, much closer and much easier to see. Near the bottom edge of the solar disc.
Above; Billy on November 12, 2011 with the 4.5 inch Tasco Reflector that was used on BOTH the Venus and Mercury transits (we projected the image on paper). On this day we were using our newfound solar photography expertise to take a picture of sunspots (our picture below).
Ah, those were the days! Many spots back then. None now.
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