[Chaos-l] tonight

[Mark Montazer]

Looks like the pictures didn't attach for some reason. Here are some
links to them on my page at Astrobin:

http://astrobin.com/12376/
http://astrobin.com/12377/
http://astrobin.com/12378/
http://astrobin.com/12379/

Mark



On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Mark Montazer <mark at montazer.org> wrote:
> 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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