Re: Transit from W. Michigan
From: Stephen Paul (spaul219_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/10/04
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 01:30:10 -0400
Three things to keep in mind:
1) I sleep from 1AM to 7:30AM during the week, and 2AM to 9:30AM on the
weekends.
2) I'm not all that interested in planets, transits, or seeing sunrise.
3) I am happy with #1 and #2.
<g>
-Steve Paul
"Mike Fitterman" <cutshot@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Steve,
>
> You should have come with us for the event. When the Sun rose over the
> horizon there was just enough haze to dim the sun down so that you could
see
> Venus on the Sun with the naked eye with no other filters or obstructions.
> It's one of the top events that I've seen all time. It was just
astounding
> to look at it that way.
>
> The next best thing was Paul's new Coronado scope. It was really awesome
to
> look at the even on the H-Alpha band.
>
> I should have come over and woken you up. Good thing the rest of the
folks
> here aren't so lazy in the morning ;-)
>
> Mike.
>
>
> "Stephen Paul" <spaul219@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ca7ab5$m0t$1@transfer.stratus.com...
> > "Stan Jensen" <spam@wonderful.spam> wrote in message
> > news:t0kcc05tuv2l3dihcpua1asdo5r2a85nmd@4ax.com...
> > > http://cebalrai.home.comcast.net/transit.htm
> >
> > You folks (and you know who you are) do not dissapoint.
> >
> > As one who, knowing full well there would be a lot of images available
> after
> > the fact, chose not to view the event live, interestingly enough, the
> best
> > images, IMO, are the ones that most represent a naked eye view. It is a
> lot
> > easier to sense the impact of the event on the heart and mind, imagining
> > oneself seeing the planet's disc transit the sun live, through naked eye
> > filtered glass only. Seems more natural. I especially enjoyed the first
> two
> > images on Stan Jensen's web page.
> >
> > If there are more of these "natural" views around, I'd love to see them.
> >
> > --
> > -Stephen Paul
> >
>
>
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