Transit of Mercury 1973

Picture taken at Ørsta, Norway. November 10 1973, 12:50 UT+1
Camera: Fujica ST701.

The close-up below is a blown-up part of the same image.

Telescope: Home-made refractor 60mm f 15. (Polarex lens)
Film: Kodak Panatomic X, 32 ISO
Cloudy conditions. Only a couple of minutes partly opening in the clouds.