[AZ-Observing] Re: Mercury transit experience.
- From: Frank OGorman <fogastro@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 08:52:27 -0800 (PST)
Thanks for that very generous offer, Joe. Due to some well-placed whining
about my bad fortune on my family email list, my sister sent me a check and
said 'oh shut up and go buy another one' (or words to that effect). So I will
be back in business shortly.
I'm much more of buyer than a builder (just ask my wife) , but thank you very
much for the offer.
Frank
Joe Larkin <joeclarkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I hate to hear that you are out of astronomy because of theft. If you
are of the ATM bent, I could loan you some components that could be
made into a working scope fairly cheaply. I have a couple of 10"
mirrors, a tube, a secondary mirror and holder, and an old focuser
and part of a dob mount all sitting idle.
The mirror cell, spider, dob base and finder from this scope are in
use, but I could loan out the rest for an indefinate (long) period if
this would help you out.
Joe Larkin
--- Frank OGorman wrote:
> Being telescopically- and binocularly- challenged these days
> (theft), I took a drive from downtown out to 67th Ave and Virginia
> at lunch time to take advantage of Jeff Hopkins' hospitality and
> gear at the local community center. He had a nice setup in the
> courtyard of the Center, with direct views thru his large scope as
> well as a pc-monitor view thru his smaller scope. As mentioned by
> others, the sunspot made a nice companion to the planet - Jeff
> noted that the sunspot seemed to be growing larger as time went on,
> though I couldn't stay long enough to observe that. I agree that it
> was a beautiful and interesting sight, and I'm glad I made the trip
> out to see it.
>
> I left with a handful of cookies and some punch, courtesy of the
> Center - thanks to Jeff for providing me and the others with a good
> look at a rare event.
>
> Frank
>
> Joe Larkin wrote:
>
> I went with the low tech approach.
>
> I projected the Sun onto a piece of paper using my 3" refractor
> with
> Jaeger's objective. Took some pictures of the paper to immortalize
> it.
>
> The big spot and Mercury showed on the viewfinder but besides that,
> I
> don't know how they turned out. Only saw last hour of transit
> including last contacts.
>
> The Sun looked much better than yesterday when the big spot wasn't
> yet visible. Some nice structure around it as well as around the
> two
> little spots nearer to where Mercury exited the scene.
>
> A very relaxing event as I did it in my upstairs bedroom through an
> open window.
>
> Joe Larkin
>
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