Skywatchers In North America Hope For Clear Skies To See Transit Of Mercury
Monday morning, the solar system's innermost planet will begin a 5.5-hour march across the disc of the sun. All you need to see it are clear skies and access to a telescope with a sun filter.
Mercury is tiny. But it's a big deal for thousands of amateur astronomers in the Western hemisphere who will be watching the planet on Monday as it makes a transit across the disc of the sun.
It may not be as spectacular as the solar eclipse two years ago, or even the 2012 transit of Venus. But beauty is in the eyepiece of the beholder.
In fact, on a list's observing editor, Diana Hannikainen, says "it's definitely very high up there."
