Image of the day Captured by Byron Davies Sh2-86 (NGC-6820) About Astromart Terms of Service Privacy Policy Help & FAQ Astronomy Links User Profiles Top Users List Sponsors Supporters RSS Feeds My Account Log In New to Astromart? Register an account... Need Help? [email protected] Home Forums IMAGING CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System Mercury transit question Mercury transit question Started by SmokeDaddy, 11/09/2006 10:08PM Post Reply Posted 11/09/2006 10:08PM Opening Post James Witt View public profile Send a private message to James Witt Find more posts by James Witt Find threads started by James Witt Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bigfork MT, US Posts: 278 Can someone tell me approximately how far Mercury is away from the Sun at the transit point?Thanks,-JW:>) Quote Posted 11/10/2006 03:30AM #1 Ron Hranac View public profile Send a private message to Ron Hranac Find more posts by Ron Hranac Find threads started by Ron Hranac Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Littleton CO, US Posts: 134 Here are numbers I got from Starry Night Pro Plus, v5:Distance from Earth to Sun during transit: .9906 AU (92.08 million miles)Distance from Earth to Mercury during transit: .6752 AU (62.76 million miles)Distance from Mercury to Sun during transit: .3154 AU (29.32 million miles)RonEquipment Forum co-moderator Quote Post Reply Funding Member Sponsors BBLABS LLC SellTelescopes.com AstroMart LLC OMI OPTICS USA LLC ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY BY MARTIN PUGH BW Astromart Customer Service Waite Research astronomy-shoppe FocusKnobs APM-Telescopes Desert Sky Astro Products Anacortes Telescope kwtelescope RemoteSkies.net Matsumoto Company View all sponsors Search News Classifieds Auctions Reviews & Articles Members Reviews & Articles Forums Calendar Events Go