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Mercury transit
From: Michael Dorl
Date: 2006 Nov 08, 17:13 -0600
From: Michael Dorl
Date: 2006 Nov 08, 17:13 -0600
At 03:25 PM 11/8/2006, you wrote: > Michael Dorl wrote: > > > Cloudy her in Wisconsin this AM. Guess we will miss the transit of > Mercury. It did clear up into a sparkling day. Setup telescope but didn't start watching until transit well under way and then it took me a while to figure out what was Mercury and what were sunspots. Did see middle third. Unfortunately end is scheduled for 1 hour after sunset. Huge Sun spot near edge. Wife completely unimpressed, thinks I'm crazy. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
