Monday is Mercury transit

On Mon, 09 May 2016 17:32:24 -0400, Davoud wrote:

The U.S. Mid-Atlantic was OK for the first few minutes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/. A short while later all of
my kit got rained on. No harm done.

Glad you got to see something, anyway!

On Monday, 9 May 2016 17:32:27 UTC-4, Davoud wrote:
Mike Collins:
Not a cloud in the sky here in East Anglia. A perfect view of the start of
the transit.

While a friend of mine in Wokingham, Berks., got three fuzzy photos
through heavy haze.

The U.S. Mid-Atlantic was OK for the first few minutes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/. A short while later all of
my kit got rained on. No harm done.

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

Mostly clear in Toronto, the usual rough seeing in daytime:

http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/image/163179700

On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 03:45:28 UTC+2, RichA wrote:
On Monday, 9 May 2016 17:32:27 UTC-4, Davoud wrote:
Mike Collins:
Not a cloud in the sky here in East Anglia. A perfect view of the start of
the transit.

While a friend of mine in Wokingham, Berks., got three fuzzy photos
through heavy haze.

The U.S. Mid-Atlantic was OK for the first few minutes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/. A short while later all of
my kit got rained on. No harm don

Mostly clear in Toronto, the usual rough seeing in daytime:

http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/image/163179700

It was a very long, clear and unusually warm day [72F] here in central Denmark. Blogger is broken so I can't upload my afocal 'snaps'. Lots of AVI files waiting to be pushed through Registax too. I used my 180mm f/12 refractor stopped down to 6" with a Baader AstroSolar film filter. Missed the last hour due to local trees. I was out there from 13.10ish to 20.45ish [CET] with an extra half an hour each end setting up and taking down just outside the garden to maximize the duration without local obstruction.

On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 5:32:27 PM UTC-4, Davoud wrote:

While a friend of mine in Wokingham, Berks., got three fuzzy photos
through heavy haze.

The U.S. Mid-Atlantic was OK for the first few minutes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/. A short while later all of
my kit got rained on.

The clouds should have clued you in.

On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 1:56:28 AM UTC-4, 'critter wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 12:50:30 UTC+2, wsne... wrote:

The clouds should have clued you in.

Is there room in your world of dismissive negativity for a positive response to a fellow amateur's modest success?

The idea of davoid's "legendary" telescope getting rained on is amusing.

wrote:
On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 1:56:28 AM UTC-4, 'critter wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 12:50:30 UTC+2, wsne... wrote:

The clouds should have clued you in.

Is there room in your world of dismissive negativity for a positive
response to a fellow amateur's modest success?

The idea of davoid's "legendary" telescope getting rained on is amusing.


Why?

On Thu, 12 May 2016 21:19:52 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins
wrote:

wrote:
On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 1:56:28 AM UTC-4, 'critter wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 12:50:30 UTC+2, wsne... wrote:

The clouds should have clued you in.

Is there room in your world of dismissive negativity for a positive
response to a fellow amateur's modest success?

The idea of davoid's "legendary" telescope getting rained on is amusing.


Why?

Because Snell is a sociopathic asshole, who takes pleasure in the pain
of others (which is related to his legal issues).

popped out of my kill-file via a quote:
The idea of davoid's "legendary" telescope getting rained on is amusing.

Mike Collins
Why?

Chris L Peterson:
Because Snell is a sociopathic asshole, who takes pleasure in the pain
of others (which is related to his legal issues).

Concomitantly, he has no faculty for distinguishing between the
tangible and the legendary. None of my telescopes is "legendary."
Indeed, I can see the telescope in question from where I am sitting in
my den, and it is quite tangible, as it has been since the day I bought
it in 1982*. Wiped it off with a clean towel after I brought it in and
it is none the worse for a bit of rain.

*I kind of enjoy the notion that next year's solar eclipse will occur
in my Questar's 35th anniversary month.

I will grant Snell this: my wife and I are possessed of a sense of
humor and an appreciation for irony, and a certain appreciation for
dark humor. So we did find it a bit amusing when rain began to fall.
When I set up my kit to photograph the transit at around 0600 EDT I was
as certain as one could reasonably be that my session was going to be
cut short by clouds and possibly rain. How much observing would I have
done in my life if, each time I was prepared to open my dome or carry a
telescope into the field, I said "Nah, it could cloud over and rain?"
Not much, I'll wager.

My photos of the transit are at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/. Anyone know where I can see
Snell's photos? After all, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Perhaps I could learn something from his photos.

Today is the 17th consecutive day with measurable precipitation in
Eastern Maryland, the longest such period on record. For baseball fans,
the Orioles are the most rained-out team in MLB.

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 5:23:27 PM UTC-4, Mike Collins wrote:
wsnell01 wrote:
On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 1:56:28 AM UTC-4, 'critter wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 12:50:30 UTC+2, wsne... wrote:

The clouds should have clued you in.

Is there room in your world of dismissive negativity for a positive
response to a fellow amateur's modest success?

The idea of davoid's "legendary" telescope getting rained on is amusing.


Why?

Because, as you can see from the message that he just posted a few minutes ago, that he is a pompous ass.

On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 5:30:25 PM UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Thu, 12 May 2016 21:19:52 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins
wrote:

wsnell01 wrote:
On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 1:56:28 AM UTC-4, 'critter wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 May 2016 12:50:30 UTC+2, wsne... wrote:

The clouds should have clued you in.

Is there room in your world of dismissive negativity for a positive
response to a fellow amateur's modest success?

The idea of davoid's "legendary" telescope getting rained on is amusing.


Why?

Because Snell is a sociopathic asshole, who takes pleasure in the pain
of others (which is related to his legal issues).

No legal issues here. OTOH YOU are ripe for getting sued, peterson.