Yeah, Seth - the weather has been exceptional. Temp here is almost 70 degrees and skies are still perfectly clear - just a little windy. I'm thinking that I may be able to observe right until sunset. My western horizon isn't too bad, so it should be interesting to watch the sun disappear with Mercury at the limb. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+kimharch=cut.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+kimharch=cut.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Seth Jarvis Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:37 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Transit We (Clark Planetarium) have just finished our transit-watch here at Gateway. We had four telescopes out and a ton of people, 90% of whom were wowed by what they saw. The other 10%, well, I don't know what to say about them. Good TV & print media coverage, too! We had to quit because by about 3:30 our western horizon was lost to the big buildings around here. We had several kids whose parents brought them out of school to see the transit - which impressed the heck out of me. Holy cow, did we ever luck-out with the weather. Seth Jarvis -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+sjarvis=slco.org@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:09 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Transit I have been showing the transit to some co-workers today. One of them, a Mexican immigrant from a remote Oaxaccan village, absolutely refused to believe me when I told him that the sun was just the same thing as the stars in the night sky, only much, much closer! He was amazed that the little spot that is Mercury is "a little larger than the Moon", diminished by distance. That also gave him a mental image of the vast size of the sun. It was fun to see his eyes widen in astonishment. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Sponsored Link Talk more and pay less. Vonage can save you up to $300 a year on your phone bill. Sign up now. http://www.vonage.com/startsavingnow/ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net ______________________________________________________________________