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all my life i knew about the aug 11 1999 eclipse ruined by weather the 2003
mercury and 2004 venus transits both in superb weather but is there anything
else to look forward to in the next 50 years

p forsdick wrote:

all my life i knew about the aug 11 1999 eclipse ruined by weather the 2003
mercury and 2004 venus transits both in superb weather but is there anything
else to look forward to in the next 50 years

Well, you can see the back end of the 2012 transit of Venus if you get
up early enough...

I sympathise with you over the 1999 eclipse. Ever since a young kid in
the '50s I anticipated it, but all I experienced was a temporary
darkening and the seagulls going beserk.

--

Peter

Peter Hayes wrote:
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I sympathise with you over the 1999 eclipse. Ever since a young kid in
the '50s I anticipated it, but all I experienced was a temporary
darkening and the seagulls going beserk.


Turkey 2006 ?

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p forsdick wrote:

all my life i knew about the aug 11 1999 eclipse ruined by weather the
2003
mercury and 2004 venus transits both in superb weather but is there
anything
else to look forward to in the next 50 years

Well, you can see the back end of the 2012 transit of Venus if you get
up early enough...


I'm sure it said in the recent Astronomy Now the 2012 transit wont be
visible at all in the UK. Should I put it back on my "todo" list ?
Cheers,
Ed.

"Ed Astle" wrote:

I'm sure it said in the recent Astronomy Now the 2012 transit wont be
visible at all in the UK. Should I put it back on my "todo" list ?
Cheers,
Ed.

StarryNight say sunrise at 4.44 (BST) last contact around 5.53. Looks
like a seaside event. Strangely not in the StarryNight's upcoming
events although it does have a Mercury transit in 2006 (but not from
here) and grazing transits of Mars and Jupiter in 2223 and 2478 (also
not from here, but that's OK because I won't be here either) and then
a real transit of Mars and Jupiter in 2959, which I shall have to come
back to the UK for.

My diary is beginning to fill.

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Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
N 51 02 E 0 47

Ed Astle wrote:
I'm sure it said in the recent Astronomy Now the 2012 transit wont be
visible at all in the UK.

I've not read _AN_ for a while -- has it turned into a long-range
weather-forecasting mag as well?

Sun rises with Venus in transit; transit ends here just before 05:00 UT
(from here).

Best,
Stephen

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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:49:03 +0100, "p forsdick"
wrote:

all my life i knew about the aug 11 1999 eclipse ruined by weather the 2003
mercury and 2004 venus transits both in superb weather but is there anything
else to look forward to in the next 50 years

This is such a negative approach ! If you engage is some active
observation you don't have to wait endlessly for the 'lollypops'
defined by the media !

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:49:03 +0100, "p forsdick"
wrote:

all my life i knew about the aug 11 1999 eclipse ruined by weather the 2003
mercury and 2004 venus transits both in superb weather but is there anything
else to look forward to in the next 50 years

There are loads of things to look for. Just because they are not
hyped it doesn't mean they are not there. To be honest, sometimes
when I feel tired, I (naughty, naughty) wish there was less.

I've now identified my next push to the limit project and I'm starting
to dribble again ;-)

--
Pete Lawrence
http://www.pbl33.co.uk
Most recent images http://www.pbl33.fast24.co.uk/recent_images.html

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 05:45:19 +0100, Stephen Tonkin
wrote:

Sun rises with Venus in transit; transit ends here just before 05:00 UT
(from here).



Well worth trying to see it I reckon as some of the most "atmospheric"
pictures of this week's transit came from the US and Canada, with
Venus against the disc of the rising sun.

Quite a few are posted on
http://www.spaceweather.com/

Paul
Leigh
Lancs

JRS: In article ,
seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy, p forsdick
posted at Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:49:03 :
all my life i knew about the aug 11 1999 eclipse ruined by weather the 2003
mercury and 2004 venus transits both in superb weather but is there anything
else to look forward to in the next 50 years

Web URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/astro.htm#CFE has a few.



In article , seen in
news:uk.sci.astronomy, Martin Frey posted
at Fri, 11 Jun 2004 00:53:46 :

StarryNight say sunrise at 4.44 (BST) last contact around 5.53. Looks
like a seaside event. Strangely not in the StarryNight's upcoming
events although it does have a Mercury transit in 2006 (but not from
here) and grazing transits of Mars and Jupiter in 2223 and 2478 (also
not from here, but that's OK because I won't be here either) and then
a real transit of Mars and Jupiter in 2959, which I shall have to come
back to the UK for.

_Transits_ of Mars & Jupiter?

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