Mercury Transit with Jet

[OICURMT]

Don't know if anyone has seen this... so here it is: https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/344157-mercury-transit-with-jet/ (https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/344157-mercury-transit-with-jet/)

[Saturnine]

Nice ( fortuitous ) timing for the photo good stuff. Lots of excellent photos of the transit over on Spaceweather .com too.

[OICURMT]

Photo made the press...

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/transit-mercury-11-november-2019-pictures/

[Peter Ward]

Nice..looks like an F16 to me...Taken near an airforce base?

[CeratodusDuck]

No, that's a Eurofighter Tornado.

[julianh72]

What an awesome catch!

[AndyG]

Yep. Canard in the profile. It's a Typhoon.

[CeratodusDuck]

Oops brain fart. Yes,Typhoon, not Tornado lol

Got the Eurofighter bit right at least.Getting old hehe

[julianh72]

I loved the photo of Mercury in Transit further down in the forum thread (copy attached). :rofl:

[DavidU]

LOL,:lol:

[truss]

That's an epic capture!

[gregbradley]

Kind of like this one I caught in the Venus transit ages ago:

https://pbase.com/gregbradley/image/30349784/large

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

Disagree...looks like the F16 engine intake, not a canard. Not likely a that a Eurofighter would be in US airspace either (assuming the poster was in the USA).....but who knows...maybe Donnie upset NATO even more recently :)

[Tinderboxsky]

The OP lists his location as Norwich. In a subsequent post he comments that he believes the jet has originated from RAF Lakenheath. Definitely a UK observation.

[CeratodusDuck]

Delta wing, canards, tall fin, and over the UK (not sure where US came from?) - it's a Typhoon.

[OICURMT]

Taken from Norwich England.

[gregbradley]

Its an F16.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=nawAIdpa&id=796FFBA698118C53995851FC864CA430 FD5A163E&thid=OIP.nawAIdpaeeKoeOA9pNVOewHaEo&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2f3.bp.blogspot .com%2f-Hl7hjkokUKU%2fUoS4qqeFffI%2fAAAAAAA AZ1I%2faPvpT_Rx3Zg%2fs1600%2fGenera l%2bDynamics%2bF-16%2bFighting%2bFalcon%2bWallpapers .jpg&exph=1000&expw=1600&q=f16+images&simid=608001024284558329&selectedIndex=5&ajaxhist=0

UK has some US airbases.

Greg.

[CeratodusDuck]

Beg to differ :)

[graham.hobart]

I think it's defo Freddie in the transit van

[CeratodusDuck]

:lol:

It could be Frankenfurter :P

[Suzy]

If you're on facebook, take a look at the spectacular set of photos submitted to APOD. Photobombing planes, balloons, birds, people, flags, you name it :lol:

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[Peter Ward]

Ah...in that case Eurofighter seems highly likely.

Adds interest to the little black dot :thumbsup:

[Mr.tristan]

So amazing! Wish i had a solar filter....