Re: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus

2004-06-08 Thread J. Devon
! Send Venus my regards. Wish I could email you my sun filter!!! Oh well Best to all, Jeannie - Original Message - From: Jose Campos To: Pekka Savolainen ; Meteorite List Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus Sorry

Re: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus

2004-06-08 Thread Martin Altmann
Hiho, here in Munich are perfect conditions! Easily to see with unaided but protectedeyes, a sharp dot creeping slowly over the disk of the sun. In my 8"-SC - just great, never saw such a large Venus! Unfortunately only a view small sun spots, some larger would have made a greater

[meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus

2004-06-08 Thread bernd . pauli
Tracy: people ... in Europe shold have an excellent view José: Here in Portugal its quite clear today. For us, the transit has already started. I hope that your local weather improves! Good observing to all! Pekka: in the middle of Finland we have at the moment excellent circumstances,

RE: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus

2004-06-08 Thread moni waiblinger-seabridge
Excellent images Bernd!! 'Wow, so small?!' was also my reaction!! Sternengruss, Moni :-) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus Date: 08 Jun 2004 13:09:16 UT Tracy: people ... in Europe shold have an excellent view José: Here in Portugal

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Transit of Venus

2004-06-08 Thread Bob King
Got the chance to see the lovely transit but just barely. Woke up to overcast and thunderstorms. A look at the GOES 12 infrared photo revealed a possible opening in northern Minnesota so I got my younger daughter up and we took off. We drove 90 miles north until we 'pushed' the clouds away and

Re: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus

2004-06-07 Thread J. Devon
Cloudy in Alaska, as usual when there is something up there I want to see I even got a new solar filter.sigh. Argh. Jeannie - Original Message - From: tracy latimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 9:27 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT

Re: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus

2004-06-07 Thread Pekka Savolainen
- Original Message - From: "tracy latimer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 9:27 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus Is anyone planning to observe the June 8 Transit of Venus? We won't be able to see

RE: [meteorite-list] OT Transit of Venus

2004-06-07 Thread Ryan Darby
For the first time in weeks its a clear day in Adelaide. Ive got people from work around me asking how they can use tea bags and floppy disks and other things as sun filters! No one believes me that its a bad idea! We only get the start of it. Im hoping to see the halo of atmosphere,