Our readers have been sharing their images of the transit of Mercury, as chronicled by our comprehensive live blog.
After a fairly pessimistic weather forecast (for the UK, at least) the rain stayed away long enough for you to capture some stunning images of this unusual astronomical event.
Here are a few of our favourite reader contributions. You can see the full collection on GuardianWitness.
The set-up
Couldn't find my camera T-ring connector...
But rest assured I got a really good view of the first couple of hours with my Solarmax before it clouded over.
First contact (see the dot at the very top of the image)
1st contact as Mwercury transists across the solar disc.
Taken from Morecambe with a Lunt t60mm solarscope.
The view from south London
Transit of Mercury
The transit of Mercury taken from south London with a 200mm lens and an ND400 filter, with the help of some clouds to block the light a little more!
A failed attempt
I tried...
... but could not resolve Mercury
Mercury making good progress
Mercury in transit 14:30
Mercury moving across the photosphere of the sun
The view from India
Mercury Transition
Camera Used: Nikon P90
Location: Bangalore India
Smartphone attempts (via solar telescopes!)
Mercury Transit
Taken by smartphone through the eyepiece of a solar telescope at the historical Godlee Observatory, University of Manchester
iPhone shot of solar disc from a pinhole observation telescope.
Two solar observation scopes set up on a beautiful sunny lunchtime outside the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, Fife. Mercury disc was clearly visible to the naked eye but unfortunately couldn't be captured by the phone camera!
Arrows: helpful
Mercury transit
Taken at 15.04 near Lichfield UK. Not the easiest thing to photograph!
Mercury transit
Mercury transiting the sun May 9th 2016 shot with a Canon 7d.
Mercury Transit
Finished work early to try and get some pictures of Mercury using my long camera lens and solar film. Weather perfect here in NW England!
Thanks to everyone who took part
