[AZ-Observing] Re: Mercury Transit Images
- From: "Silvio Jaconelli" <silvioj@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 12:54:35 -0700
The top left corner of the AR10030 'solarphysics' image looks remarkably
like a dog chasing a chicken - are we sure that this image is not of Sirius
(get it ? - Sirius, Dog Star). And I suspect that the dog's name is 'Spot'
!!
Aw, forget it - just my crazy sense of humor !!!
Silvio.
PS Thanks, Tom, for posting these excellent images. Remarkable ..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Polakis" <polakis@xxxxxxx>
To: <AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 1:21 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Mercury Transit Images
> The transit of Mercury, which was not viewable from Arizona, occurred this
> morning, and images and movies are already coming in. My guess is that
> the best we will see are already posted. The 1-meter Swedish Solar
> Telescope (SST) in the Canary Islands was used to image the transit.
>
> http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/Mercurytransit7May2003/
>
> The mpeg movie locks on Mercury, while the Sun passes by in the
> background.
>
>
> One member of this list insists that the Sun is the most interesting
> astronomical object. Looking at these recent images from the SST, it's
> hard to disagree with him.
>
>
http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/NatureNov2002/images/AR10030_4877_color.jpeg
>
>
http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/NatureNov2002/images/np1_fig1_columnwidth_col
or.jpeg
>
>
> Tom
>
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