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
