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jseal
11-07-2006, 06:53 PM
Mercury will transit the Sun Wednesday evening here in the States, or Thursday morning in Australia.

For those who are interested, more info is available here (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/transit06.html).

LixyChick
11-08-2006, 06:00 AM
I know the hippie down the road will be disappointed. It's raining something awful here today and he'll not be able to use his HUGE telescope to view the transit.

Keep Looking Up!

gekkogecko
11-08-2006, 09:03 AM
Looking up isn't always a good idea, Lixy. For instance, when a lage flock of birds is flying overhead...

jseal
11-08-2006, 12:12 PM
Gentlefolk,

For those who, like LixyChick's hippie friend and I, are not blessed with decent weather, there is always streaming video (http://www.exploratorium.edu/transit/).