Hi Pete,
I don’t think the weather will hold out. I’m going to try the single-observer
plus online live video option, and be prepared to abort if it’s cloudy.
Alex
On Apr 4, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Peter Turner <peteturner@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sounds even better.
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Subject: [pasmembers] Re: Mercury Transit
Hi everyone! Wow that would be tough..... ..only 0.0347 arcseconds parallax
is difficult.....how about Portland to Phoenix.....100 times farther apart,
parallax of 3.47 arcseconds much more do-able......???
:-)
Of course it has to be CLEAR and SUNNY up here!!! Ha ha. Well, I'll try
and get some decent images if it is.....what camera/scale/magnification were
you thinking of, Alex??
Would be fun to team up with you guys!
Cheers!
Bob E
On Apr 3, 2016 12:53 PM, "Alex Vrenios" <axv@xxxxxxx <mailto:axv@xxxxxxx>>
wrote:
The Astronomical League is offering an award (pin and certificate) for
meeting the requirements as stated on their website http://astroleague.org ;
<http://astroleague.org/>. Scroll down to “Mercury Transit Special Award is
now here” and click on the word “here” at the end of that paragraph. This
page has all the requirements you must meet in order to receive the award.
All members of PAS are automatically PAS club affiliates of the AL so your
first requirement is already met.
The next set of requirements are not for the faint at heart. They involve the
cooperation of two observers at some distance apart (PVCC to BMC should be
enough) and a lot of trigonometry. You and your partner will be using the
separate observations to calculate “1 AU” the distance from the Earth to the
Sun.
I need to look at the details more carefully first, but I’d like to propose a
short talk about this at an upcoming meeting if there is any interest.
Alex
