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Date: 08 Nov 2006 00:50:15
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
http://spaceweather.com/
TRANSIT OF MERCURY: On Wednesday, Nov. 8th, Mercury will pass
directly in front of the sun--a rare transit visible from the
Americas, Hawaii and all around the Pacific Rim. The action
begins at 2:12 p.m. EST (11:12 a.m. PST) and lasts for nearly
five hours.
Link include safe viewing practices and live webcasts!
http://spaceweather.com/
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 02:10:32
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Sam Wormley wrote:
> Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
> http://spaceweather.com/
>
> TRANSIT OF MERCURY: On Wednesday, Nov. 8th, Mercury will pass
> directly in front of the sun--a rare transit visible from the
> Americas, Hawaii and all around the Pacific Rim. The action
> begins at 2:12 p.m. EST (11:12 a.m. PST) and lasts for nearly
> five hours.
>
> Link include safe viewing practices and live webcasts!
> http://spaceweather.com/
>
>
Well... maybe the only chance you will ever get! Better watch
it just in case.
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 18:14:33
From: Loser
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Why don't you get off your ass and observe it yourself? With a
telescope..that's right..a telescope.
Oh, and don't forget the sun filter.
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 10:19:11
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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I've got my Babylon 10 Dob sitting out near my desert field garden with the
OTA upside down for projecting the image on paper, have done a test run and
it works fine. I only removed the telrad so it'll not be fried. Am using a
Meade 25mm ep for it.
So loser, what are you using?
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"Loser" <loser@tloasy.net > wrote in message
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> Why don't you get off your ass and observe it yourself? With a
> telescope..that's right..a telescope.
> Oh, and don't forget the sun filter.
>
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 20:00:32
From: Loser
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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"Starlord" <starlord@sidewalkastronomy.info > wrote in message
news:T9-dnaSleMm_vM_YnZ2dnUVZ_r2dnZ2d@inreach.com...
> I've got my Babylon 10 Dob sitting out near my desert field garden with
> the OTA upside down for projecting the image on paper, have done a test
> run and it works fine. I only removed the telrad so it'll not be fried. Am
> using a Meade 25mm ep for it.
>
> So loser, what are you using?
>
FUCKING clouds moved in ..I GIVE UP!
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 19:38:09
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Loser wrote:
> Why don't you get off your ass and observe it yourself? With a
> telescope..that's right..a telescope.
> Oh, and don't forget the sun filter.
>
>
I am observing! Perfect day! :-)
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Date: 09 Nov 2006 08:59:50
From: Trane Francks
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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On 2006-11-09 04:38 +0900, Sam Wormley wrote:
> I am observing! Perfect day! :-)
Pretty close to perfect here, too. Tokyo gets the last half of the
transit beginning at dawn. Seeing was pretty washed out close to the
horizon, as expected, but as things creep higher, seeing has improved
somewhat. Lovely weather. Lovely day. My second Mercury transit made up
a little bit for getting rained out for the last Venus transit.
trane
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// Trane Francks trane@gol.com Tokyo, Japan
// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 22:21:31
From: John Banister
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Trane, did you notice the two small sun spots on the preceeding limb of the
sun? When I lost Mercury in the horizon, it looked as if it would pass
between or over those two spots. I was wondering if it did? Thanks.
-John
"Trane Francks" <trane@gol.com > wrote in message
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> On 2006-11-09 04:38 +0900, Sam Wormley wrote:
>
>> I am observing! Perfect day! :-)
>
> Pretty close to perfect here, too. Tokyo gets the last half of the transit
> beginning at dawn. Seeing was pretty washed out close to the horizon, as
> expected, but as things creep higher, seeing has improved somewhat. Lovely
> weather. Lovely day. My second Mercury transit made up a little bit for
> getting rained out for the last Venus transit.
>
> trane
> --
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> // Trane Francks trane@gol.com Tokyo, Japan
> // Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 20:57:56
From: Curtis Croulet
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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> When I lost Mercury in the horizon, it looked as if it would pass between
> or over those two spots. I was wondering if it did?
It didn't.
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Curtis Croulet
Temecula, California
33°27'59"N, 117°05'53"W
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Date: 09 Nov 2006 16:28:14
From: Trane Francks
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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On 2006-11-09 13:21 +0900, John Banister wrote:
> Trane, did you notice the two small sun spots on the preceeding limb of the
> sun? When I lost Mercury in the horizon, it looked as if it would pass
> between or over those two spots. I was wondering if it did? Thanks.
Hi, John.
Yes, I noticed sunspots 821 and 822 over on the western limb with a nice
bit of plage to go along with them. That new sunspot on the eastern limb
looked really nice, too. It could give us an interesting show!
I didn't get to see the later bits of the show because of visibility
issues where I set up the NexStar. From what I understand of the transit
path, however, there was no intersection with the transit and sunspots
821 and 822.
trane
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// Trane Francks trane@gol.com Tokyo, Japan
// Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 11:47:25
From: Mij Adyaw
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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It is a very good day here in Orange County California. I am currently
observing the Mercury Transit with my PST and there is a good solar flare at
the 1:00 position. There is also a good sunspot. Mercury appears as a small
disk when using my TV zoom eyepiece set at 8mm. Very cool.
-mij
"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com > wrote in message
news:Bmq4h.228841$FQ1.185070@attbi_s71...
> Loser wrote:
>> Why don't you get off your ass and observe it yourself? With a
>> telescope..that's right..a telescope.
>> Oh, and don't forget the sun filter.
>
> I am observing! Perfect day! :-)
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 23:47:49
From: Craig M. Bobchin
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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I agree. I was observing from my office parking lot in Irvine around
11:15 to 12:45 and had a lot of folks take a look in the PST. I also
used a TV 8-24 zoom on 8mm. Not a bad view IMO.
In article <hvq4h.19747$3y3.7207@newsfe07.phx >, mij@TheBitBucket.com
says...
> It is a very good day here in Orange County California. I am currently
> observing the Mercury Transit with my PST and there is a good solar flare at
> the 1:00 position. There is also a good sunspot. Mercury appears as a small
> disk when using my TV zoom eyepiece set at 8mm. Very cool.
>
> -mij
>
>
>
> "Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> news:Bmq4h.228841$FQ1.185070@attbi_s71...
> > Loser wrote:
> >> Why don't you get off your ass and observe it yourself? With a
> >> telescope..that's right..a telescope.
> >> Oh, and don't forget the sun filter.
> >
> > I am observing! Perfect day! :-)
>
>
>
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 20:18:40
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Mij Adyaw wrote:
> It is a very good day here in Orange County California. I am currently
> observing the Mercury Transit with my PST and there is a good solar flare at
> the 1:00 position. There is also a good sunspot. Mercury appears as a small
> disk when using my TV zoom eyepiece set at 8mm. Very cool.
>
> -mij
>
>
>
> "Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> news:Bmq4h.228841$FQ1.185070@attbi_s71...
>> Loser wrote:
>>> Why don't you get off your ass and observe it yourself? With a
>>> telescope..that's right..a telescope.
>>> Oh, and don't forget the sun filter.
>> I am observing! Perfect day! :-)
>
>
The crackling sunspot is not missed either!
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 10:37:15
From: Mij Adyaw
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Loser,
What telescope are you using?
"Loser" <loser@tloasy.net > wrote in message
news:d8p4h.61002$H7.19944@edtnps82...
> Why don't you get off your ass and observe it yourself? With a
> telescope..that's right..a telescope.
> Oh, and don't forget the sun filter.
>
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 07:22:00
From: oriel36
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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For heliocentric astronomers,the faster Mercury is about to overtake
the slower moving Earth thus showing that planetary orbital motions
are seen directly from Earth.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Solar
Putting the setting to the inner solar system and increasing the value
in the size box to around 700 adequately presents a useful guide to
what can be observed directly from an orbitally moving Earth in a few
hours.
The great astronomical observation of a faster moving Mercury
overtaking a slower moving Earth proves Newton's ideas about observed
planetary motions to be false -
"For to the earth planetary motions appear sometimes direct, sometimes
stationary, nay, and sometimes retrograde. But from the sun they are
always seen direct.." Newton
This is a great day for heliocentric astronomy for in altering our
perception of the upcoming event by making a small effort,we can see
for a fleeting moment the great reasoning behind splitting the Earth's
motions into axial and orbital and setting it in motion between the
orbits of Mars and Venus.
For the first time,men will truly admire the sheer power and size of
our parent central star as Mercury passes out the moving Earth before
it just a Venus,a planet the same size as the Earth does -
http://www.kwastronomy.com/images/Venus-Transit-3-1-2c.jpg
For once in your lives be courageous and make the world anticipate the
Venus event in 2012 as a true celebration of heliocentricity and not
the weak 'Venus crosses the face of the Sun' like the current event is
presented.Step out from behind the useless novelties of the
mathematical theorists who know nor care about astronomy and its
insights.
There is a moment when the orbital positions of Mercury and the Earth
align with the central stationary Sun,a wonderful countdown that some
participant here should be able to identify where the approaching
Mercury reaches the point and passes the slower moving Earth.That is
the excitement that is needed to draw humanity into looking forward to
these astronomical occasions.
Sam Wormley wrote:
> Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
> http://spaceweather.com/
>
> TRANSIT OF MERCURY: On Wednesday, Nov. 8th, Mercury will pass
> directly in front of the sun--a rare transit visible from the
> Americas, Hawaii and all around the Pacific Rim. The action
> begins at 2:12 p.m. EST (11:12 a.m. PST) and lasts for nearly
> five hours.
>
> Link include safe viewing practices and live webcasts!
> http://spaceweather.com/
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 07:42:40
From: Paul Schlyter
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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In article <bR94h.227973$FQ1.154862@attbi_s71 >,
Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com > wrote:
> Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
> http://spaceweather.com/
..."The only chance you will ever get" ... I beg your pardon?
Aren't there some 13 Mercury transits each and every century?
Already the next Mercury transit, on 9 May 2016, will be visible in
the US too. So that "The only chance you will ever get" claim is
valid only for those who are going to die during this 9.5 year period.
> TRANSIT OF MERCURY: On Wednesday, Nov. 8th, Mercury will pass
> directly in front of the sun--a rare transit visible from the
> Americas, Hawaii and all around the Pacific Rim. The action
> begins at 2:12 p.m. EST (11:12 a.m. PST) and lasts for nearly
> five hours.
>
> Link include safe viewing practices and live webcasts!
> http://spaceweather.com/
--
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Paul Schlyter, Grev Turegatan 40, SE-114 38 Stockholm, SWEDEN
e-mail: pausch at stockholm dot bostream dot se
WWW: http://stjarnhimlen.se/
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 14:18:47
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Paul Schlyter wrote:
> In article <bR94h.227973$FQ1.154862@attbi_s71>,
> Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>> Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
>> http://spaceweather.com/
>
> ...."The only chance you will ever get" ... I beg your pardon?
> Aren't there some 13 Mercury transits each and every century?
>
> Already the next Mercury transit, on 9 May 2016, will be visible in
> the US too. So that "The only chance you will ever get" claim is
> valid only for those who are going to die during this 9.5 year period.
>
>
>> TRANSIT OF MERCURY: On Wednesday, Nov. 8th, Mercury will pass
>> directly in front of the sun--a rare transit visible from the
>> Americas, Hawaii and all around the Pacific Rim. The action
>> begins at 2:12 p.m. EST (11:12 a.m. PST) and lasts for nearly
>> five hours.
>>
>> Link include safe viewing practices and live webcasts!
>> http://spaceweather.com/
Folks that can (right hemisphere and weather) should observe
the transit phenomena today--even though there may be other
opportunities in the future, one can't always assume that they
will be in the right place with good weather. After all there
transits are much less frequent than total solar eclipses.
I know... I know... the area of observability is much greater
for transits than solar eclipses!
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 17:44:19
From: Al
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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But where's the science? This is nothing more than an interplanetary
peep show for people who think sundogs are interesting. OK, admittedly
I did see the transit of Venus, but only because I thought people at my
astro club would ask me whether I saw it and so I wouldn't get bugged
to death about how I must see it in 2012. Man, what a dull event that
was. No wonder people think amateur astronomers are a weirdos.
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 20:27:03
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Not all am astronomy has to have science connected to it. Now I was set up
with my dob and watched it, just because I could and had clear skys too.
Only the last 30 mins was a bit hard as the sundowner winds where kicking up
dust and it was blowing into my scope.
While I put out notices, not one person showed up, but I was asked how it
was when I was at the RSCD meeting tonight.
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"Al" <astronomer@mailinator.com > wrote in message
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>
> But where's the science? This is nothing more than an interplanetary
> peep show for people who think sundogs are interesting. OK, admittedly
> I did see the transit of Venus, but only because I thought people at my
> astro club would ask me whether I saw it and so I wouldn't get bugged
> to death about how I must see it in 2012. Man, what a dull event that
> was. No wonder people think amateur astronomers are a weirdos.
>
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 19:42:41
From: Curtis Croulet
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Sundogs *are* interesting.
--
Curtis Croulet
Temecula, California
33°27'59"N, 117°05'53"W
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 20:27:52
From: Starlord
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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I'd almost laid odds the "Al" doesn't even have a scope.
--
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
"Curtis Croulet" <calypte@_NO_SPAM_adelphia.net > wrote in message
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> Sundogs *are* interesting.
> --
> Curtis Croulet
> Temecula, California
> 33°27'59"N, 117°05'53"W
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Date: 08 Nov 2006 19:09:16
From: Mij Adyaw
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Only the liberal amateur astronomers are weirdoes. Conservative Republican
amateur astronomers are normal folks. :-)
"Al" <astronomer@mailinator.com > wrote in message
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>
> But where's the science? This is nothing more than an interplanetary
> peep show for people who think sundogs are interesting. OK, admittedly
> I did see the transit of Venus, but only because I thought people at my
> astro club would ask me whether I saw it and so I wouldn't get bugged
> to death about how I must see it in 2012. Man, what a dull event that
> was. No wonder people think amateur astronomers are a weirdos.
>
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Date: 10 Nov 2006 08:12:18
From: laura halliday
Subject: Re: Transit of Mercury--The only chance you will ever get!
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Uncle Bob wrote:
>
> My personal reaction was: Stunned!
>
> I'd never seen a transit before. I imagine a total solar eclipse would be
> about, oh, 297X more stunning. ;-P
I saw my first eclipse in March this year, and "stunning" doesn't
come close. I was astonished, crushed, breathless and shaken.
And more.
Even if you only do it once, you really should see one.
An eclipse is one of those events that only those who
have been there will understand what you're talking about.
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte
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