Alex,
the May 5 meeting would work good for a discussion about this project, if
you want to prep something about it. Dan doesn't usually do too long of a
presenation, so we should have time after his talk to discuss the Mercury
transit
Sam, is this ok with you and should we put it on the agenda?
I want to hear about it, even if I'm not planning to do it. Sounds
intriguing.
Terri
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Alex Vrenios <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.
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
