{"628670":{"#nid":"628670","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Observatory Ready for Mercury Transit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, the planet Mercury will pass across the disk of the sun. This planetary transit is rare, occurring only around 13 times each century. \u0026ldquo;This will be the last such event visible from Georgia Tech until 2049,\u0026rdquo; says James Sowell, director of the Georgia Tech Observatory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe transit begins at 7:36 AM and ends at 1:04 PM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause Mercury is so small, its passage across the sun could be seen only with magnification coupled with the same safety precautions when viewing a solar eclipse.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Observatory will set up eye-safe telescopes in front of the Howey Building, by the Seven Bridges plaza,\u0026nbsp;during the entirety of the transit. \u0026ldquo;The skies must be rather free of clouds in order to witness the event,\u0026rdquo; Sowell says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor further information, contact Jim Sowell at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jim.sowell@physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejim.sowell@physics.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe video on the right shows images from NASA\u0026rsquo;s Solar Dynamic Observatory taken during Mercury\u0026rsquo;s transit on May 9, 2016, between 7:12 AM and 2:42 PM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Telescopes on Howey Building roof offer chance to view rare celestial event on Nov. 11"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, the planet Mercury will pass across the disk of the sun. This planetary transit is rare, occurring only around 13 times each century. \u0026ldquo;This will be the last such event visible from Georgia Tech until 2049,\u0026rdquo; says James Sowell, director of the Georgia Tech Observatory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Telescopes on Howey Building roof offer chance to view rare celestial event on Nov. 11."}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-11-06 18:03:19","changed_gmt":"2019-11-07 20:40:38","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"628666":{"id":"628666","type":"image","title":"Mercury Transit 2019 (Credit: NASA)","body":null,"created":"1573062967","gmt_created":"2019-11-06 17:56:07","changed":"1573062967","gmt_changed":"2019-11-06 17:56:07","alt":"","file":{"fid":"239425","name":"Mercury transit.NASA_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mercury%20transit.NASA_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Mercury%20transit.NASA_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66207,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Mercury%20transit.NASA_.jpg?itok=96_J3IYB"}}},"media_ids":["628666"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4188","name":"astronomy"},{"id":"182994","name":"Mercury transit"},{"id":"9154","name":"Georgia Tech Observatory"},{"id":"142831","name":"jim sowell"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}