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Old November 6th 06, 08:37 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Well.....

I took the day off tomorrow for the Mercury
transit, and they call for nothing but clouds
and rain

Anyone know of a good online website where
I can watch it ?

TIA



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Old November 7th 06, 12:25 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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AM wrote:
Well.....

I took the day off tomorrow for the Mercury
transit, and they call for nothing but clouds
and rain

Anyone know of a good online website where
I can watch it ?


Go to work tomorrow, take off Wednesday!

TIA



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Old November 7th 06, 07:21 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Anyone know of a good online website where
I can watch it ?


SOHO?
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Old November 7th 06, 08:49 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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My Planet Vistas will show Mercury in real time as it transits a real
time SOHO image of the Sun on your Windows desktop background.

It's free:
http://www.skyhound.com/planetvistas.html

For best results, set it up to show Mercury only, and have Mercury set
to fill 1% of the view.

Clear skies,
Greg

robert casey wrote:


Anyone know of a good online website where
I can watch it ?


SOHO?



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Old November 7th 06, 10:00 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Mercury Transit

Greg Crinklaw wrote:

My Planet Vistas will show Mercury in real time as it transits a real
time SOHO image of the Sun on your Windows desktop background.

It's free:
http://www.skyhound.com/planetvistas.html

For best results, set it up to show Mercury only, and have Mercury set
to fill 1% of the view.

Clear skies,
Greg



Thanx very much


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