[Chaos-l] 1 day to Venus transit.. update

[Tony Garcia]

Yes, agreed. That seems to be the story.

Funny - Given just about the entire east coast - North Carolina has a good
shot at holes in the weather system.  There are two separate systems north
and south.

Chapel Hill has a decent shot but it's a little dicey while of course Medoc
has some of the best predicted weather for the transit. ( Allen's usual
weather magic. )

Staunton River also looks good.

I am leaning more and more on going to Medoc myself and camping that night
for stargazing as well after the transit.

tony



On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:44 AM, E. Allen Davis <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
> wrote:

> Tony,
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> copying the group on this.  Of all the CSC's ive seen Medoc looks like one
> of the best bets.  I looked at Doughton Park and some others in the
> mountains, and they all look dismal.  Th Triangle area looks iffy, but a
> bit better than the far west.
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> At Medoc the skies look to improve around 500pm or so.
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> Seems like the further east you go, up to a point the better.  But
> Coinjock doesn't look good either.
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> Not that I have a choice.  Can't go far.
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> I will be at Medoc tomorrow...they are letting me leave work a bit early,
> and will have my Genesis with "natural color" solar filter and also my
> H-alpha on the side.  On Gibraltar mount so I can move it easily.  Should
> get a good hour to 1.5 hour from what I saw of the sun saturday.  That is
> still the best part.
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> Like I said, if you go tonight Tony let me know...i can probably ride up
> there a while.  allen
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> E. Allen Davis
>  starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>
>  "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
>  D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>
>    -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
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> Quick update...
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> The weather is very awkward.   Essentially on Tuesday we will be squeezed
> between two weather systems, one north and one south,
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> It is looking like there may be viewing here, not much but some.  I am
> speaking of Chapel Hill specifically.
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> Looking around, I notice that Medoc Mountain has a forecast for the best
> weather - Allen's usual astronomy weather maker magic making a hole there.
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> Also in the local area is Staunton River park in Virginia,  90 mins north
> of here, which has a fantastic horizon/sunset view - has a prediction for
> good weather too.
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> This is becoming a really tough call.  I know Allen will be at Medoc, and
> he will have his solar scope ( and it's a Hydrogen Alpha yes? ). But Medoc
> doesn't have the best horizon, but it does have Allen ha.
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> Locally - is well, local and easy, but the weather is showing it *just
> barely* clearing right before time.   Riskier to hang around for, also it
> shows it clearing as the evening goes on, so a clear horizon may be
> important.  I.e. locally I would lean on the Ice Cream shop spot in the
> country(maple view farms) that has a good horizon.
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> Argg.
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> In summary, I guess I will see what happens today, how the forecast lines
> out later, but I am starting to lean on heading to Medoc or Staunton River
> tonight in order to setup, align the scope on the stars overnight, etc..
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> Sorry for people staying locally, and again, only going to be 90 mins away
> at either Staunton River or Medoc, so not terribly far if you leave at..  4
> ish you will make it, and it's all over at sunset !
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> I will make a decision about this later today and send a weather update.
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> tony
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