[Chaos-l] tonight

[Tony Garcia]

It did seem to be all about luck. I started my saga at Medoc last night
star aligning my scope with few stars between clouds, only to find the
forecast had changed on me the next morning and I drove back and setup in
Chapel Hill at the last minute.

Set up my main scope w/ a glass solar filter, my second scope with a
sheet/film type solar filter, and my binoculars w/ sheet/film solar filters
at a public field in Chapel Hill near a friends house.   We had about -- I
would guess 50 people and kids - that came by at one point or another.

Snapped a few shots, here's one of the best attached - at least the most
dramatic w/ clouds.

Surprisingly the binoculars were my favorite view, they gave the best
"sense" of the Sun, the clouds, and Venus passing in front of it.

One crazy moment, a plane passed in front of the Sun/transit for us!

-tonyg


On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:21 PM, walter fowler <walterfowler at gmail.com>wrote:

> It worked!  Speaking as someone who organized an observing event in 2004,
> I am extremely grateful for the sympathetic skies this afternoon and
> tonight.  I can now die a happy man, at least as far as Venus Transits are
> concerned.  I may have a few more minor goals .....   We'll see.  Walter
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:02 AM, Allen Davis <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I will be going to Medoc, although the CSC is not quite as good as 24
>> hours ago.  I don’t have the option to travel any further than that.  ***
>> *
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Chapel Hill looks like it might be in a good spot, if anything I saw can
>> be called good.  Maybe things will be a bit better around sunset.  Later on
>> most CSCs improve, but the forecasts you read don’t.  They say mostly
>> cloudy…..the CSC look more optimistic than most forecasts.  So hopefully
>> the CSC is right.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Anyway, if anyone things they are heading to Medoc let me know…….and good
>> luck to all, especially those of you doing outreach.  allen****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> E. Allen Davis****
>>
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