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Re: My View of the Transit of Venus
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Jun 8, 09:07 -0400
From: Fred Hebard
Date: 2004 Jun 8, 09:07 -0400
Yes, Thanks to Frank for his reminder and enthusiasm! Fred On Jun 8, 2004, at 3:41 AM, Robert Eno wrote: > Thanks to Frank Reed, who reminded us about this event last night, I > got > up at 4AM to witness the event. Crystal clear skies this morning. A > godsend. So I viewed the sun for about a half hour with my sextant > (and > 6X scope). I too, was amazed at the clarity of the dark disk against > the > backdrop of the sun. Made it worthwhile to get up that early. Then I > woke > my wife and asked her if she wanted to see it. "Is it spectacular she > asked?". Well not particularly, however, it ain't going to happen > again > in our lifetime so you can at least tell people that you saw it. > > Went back to sleep and got up again at 6AM to catch the last bit. By > 0715, the disk was just taking a nip out of the right hand side of the > sun, then it was over. > > Quite an interesting sight I must say. And thanks again to Frank for > his > reminder. I have been so engrossed in trying to get my boat ready these > days that I would have completely forgotten about it and would have > been > severely ticked off at missing it. > > Robert > > >> It has been drought here in southern NSW, Australia. Total of 40mm of > rain in the last 6 months, crystal clear days and nights, week after > week > as we slip into winter. >> >> Today, low cloud, building and breaking during the day. The transit > commenced around 3.14.33pm local time (EST)....heavy cloud blocked all > view. >> >> Intermittent rays of sunshine for the next hour and a bit. Teasing. >> >> Then at around 4.20pm, the clouds around the sun cleared for a little > less than 5 minutes. Only time enough to take in the phenomena. An > absolutely brilliant view of the transit through my sextant telescope > and > shades. While I had looked at animations of the transit, I had not > expected the shape of venus to be so "definite" on the sun's surface. >> >> At 4.30 the sun disappeared completely behind clouds and then the >> local > hills. >> >> So, how did others fare? >> >> Lee Martin >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>It has been drought here in southern NSW, >> Australia. Total of 40mm of rain in the last 6 months, crystal clear > days and >> nights, week after week as we slip into winter.>>>>Today, low cloud, building and breaking > during the >> day. The transit commenced around 3.14.33pm local time (EST)....heavy > cloud >> blocked all view.>>>>Intermittent rays of sunshine for the >> next > hour and >> a bit. Teasing.>>>>Then at around 4.20pm, the clouds around > the sun >> cleared for a little less than 5 minutes. Only time enough to take in >> the phenomena. An absolutely brilliant view of the transit through my >> sextant telescope and shades. While I had looked at animations of the > transit, I >> had not expected the shape of venus to be so "definite" on the sun's >> surface.>>>>At 4.30 the sun disappeared completely > behind >> clouds and then the local hills.>>>>So, how did others fare?>>>>Lee Martin>> > > ------------------- > Email sent using AnyEmail (http://netbula.com/anyemail/) > Netbula LLC is not responsible for the content of this email >
