[Chaos-l] tonight

[Mark Montazer]

Great shot Tony! I was silently cursing the clouds at the beginning
but at the end I was glad a few were lingering on the horizon. It
really made for some great photo ops. As I walked out to my truck this
morning, in the rain, I really appreciated the few hours of clear sky
we had yesterday.

Anyhow, I had a great time. Lots of excited parents and kids. It was
nice to see the turnout we had at Morehead. The local community
definitely has an appreciation for astronomical events.

As I thought, out of the 20 or so pics I took, only about 4-5 were
actually worthy of presenting. I've attached those.

Mark



On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Tony Garcia <randomcoffee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>>>
>>> starstorm151 at embarqmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
>>>
>>> D'Immenso"              by the immensity."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti
>>>
>>>
>>>
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