Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Transit of Mercury, 2016-05-09 1352z.jpg

File:Transit of Mercury, 2016-05-09 1352z.jpg, not featured edit

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Info created by Wolfgang Ellsässer - uploaded by Geryones - nominated by PlanetUser -- PlanetUser (talk) 08:39, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- PlanetUser (talk) 08:39, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Could you please provide some more info in the file description and include some links to Wikipedia articles for those who are not astro nerds, like what the transit is really about, the planet passing in front of what, how often this occurs, seen from what angle, things like that. For the uninitiated it is just a dark dot on a grey disc explained by a lot of numbers. Also the camera facts do not go in the description, they are redundant there since you get a full list of everything at the bottom of the file's page. Take a look and you'll see. w.carter-Talk 09:49, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose No wow for me. INeverCry 20:13, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Thanks for fixing the description! Nevertheless, we have become spoiled by NASA and all the new tech with color photos so a B&W photo like this is not enough for FP now. w.carter-Talk 21:31, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If this is all Mercury has for transit, no wonder nobody lives there. Daniel Case (talk) 03:54, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Per INC. Looks indistinguishable from all other B&W photos of the sun through telescopes. Daniel Case (talk) 03:54, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment But it is clearly distinguishable from other pictures of the sun: mercury is in front of the sun. Greetings --Dirtsc (talk) 07:15, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per others. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:50, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral At frist I thougt "wow", the event is not easy to capture in a nice way. And this image is a good and clear documentation of the event. But compared to File:Transit Of Mercury, May 9th, 2016.png it shows less quality: the limb of the sun is blurry, the flares and the sunspots are less sharp and mercury itself is distorted. --Dirtsc (talk) 07:15, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 1 support, 4 oppose, 1 neutral → not featured. /INeverCry 20:31, 12 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]