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A telescope focuses today from Cartagena to heaven to observe a rare phenomenon. Transit of Mercury across the Sun This planet, 160 times smaller than the sun, it did not carry traffic for 10 years.
This observation activity, with the cooperation of the City of Cartagena, started at 13:00 hours and minutes later installation in the vicinity of the Heroes Square Cavite and Santiago de Cuba, the mayor, Jose Lopez, wanted to see first hand this fact.
Although time difficult this display, the clouds have made clear that have allowed intermittently observation of the planet Mercury in this movement, which also is being broadcast nationally by all National Astronomical Associations, as has He informed the president and founder of the Astronomical Association of Cartagena, Jose Bonet.
From our planet can only observe the transit of the closest to the Sun, Mercury and Venus, being the inner planets that precede us, but for this the Sun, Mercury and Earth have to be aligned rocky planets.
The first record we have of the observation of the transit of Mercury, planet with a diameter of 4,879 km, was held in 1631 by French astronomer Pierre Gassendi.
For all citizens who want to see this phenomenon in person can do so for free until 19:00.
The images of the event will be broadcast on the Internet in collaboration with the portal and through deYoutube sky-live.tv.
To observe from the mobile phone, you can be done through the free application Mercury Transit
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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