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

[E. Allen Davis]

Were you thinking of going tonight to set up and align etc. or just tomorrow ?  allen 


E. Allen Davis 
 starstorm151 at embarqmail.com 

 "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened 
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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, 

  

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.  

  

At Medoc the skies look to improve around 500pm or so. 

  

Seems like the further east you go, up to a point the better.  But Coinjock doesn't look good either.  


Not that I have a choice.  Can't go far. 

  

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. 

  

Like I said, if you go tonight Tony let me know...i can probably ride up there a while.  allen 


  



  
E. Allen Davis 
  starstorm151 at embarqmail.com 

 "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened 
 D'Immenso"              by the immensity." 

   -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti 






Quick update... 


The weather is very awkward.   Essentially on Tuesday we will be squeezed between two weather systems, one north and one south, 


It is looking like there may be viewing here, not much but some.  I am speaking of Chapel Hill specifically. 


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.   


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.   


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. 


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.   


Argg.  


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..   


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 ! 


I will make a decision about this later today and send a weather update. 


tony 








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