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> 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
