2 May
2004
2 May
'04
1:56 p.m.
ISS just made a very nice transit of the Sun as seen from the Lakepoint area. As per usual I had to forget something and this time it was the solar filter. So I ended up using eyepiece projection onto the back of an envelope (added a whole new meaning to "back of the envelope" calculations). ISS was plainly visible as it spent all of a second zipping across the disk. The next transit will be of the Moon Tuesday morning at 1:43 am, also very near SPOC. Considering the hour, I doubt any of y'all will want to participate but if you do, let me know and I'll supply details. On another matter I see that Rob just posted a shot of comet Bradfield to the gallery ( http://www.utahastronomy.com/rob ). Very nice! Patrick