[meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit

[lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu]

Hi from Tucson where Global Warming seems to be in action.

We (Astronomy Department, Planetary Sciences Department, and Flandrau
Science Center) had more than 10 telecopes set up (including two 20-inch
scopes). We were able to see all but the last five minutes of the event
(went behind the trees).

However, it was 88 F or 89 F here (too tired to convert to C or K). Five
hours in the Tucson Sun with not a cloud to be seen!

We had several telescopes (including mine) with H-alpha filters and so
were able to see a few sunspots as well as several soiar flares. Oh yes,
and Mercury!

Larry

On Wed, November 8, 2006 2:16 pm, Matson, Robert wrote:
> Hi Sterling,
>
>
> Fortunately, we've got an 8" S-C out with a solar filter
> here at work, so I've been able to follow the progress of the transit just
> fine outdoors.  I was just hoping to see the greater detail afforded by a
> "big" scope... --Rob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net
> [mailto:sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:05 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Cc: tracy latimer; Matson, Robert
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT -- Mercury Transit
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I suspect overwhelmed servers. I got several
> "Server Not Available" messages. But the rest of
> the sites I tried just rolled over and died. I guess it's nice that more
> people than one might have thought wanted to watch a live celestial event.
>  I hope the servers didn't just fail and somebody got
> to see it.
>
> Sterling K. Webb
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