From: Ron Hipschman (ronh@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 23:37:20 PST
From: Ron Hipschman <ronh> Message-Id: <199911100737.XAA07651@isaac.exploratorium.edu> Subject: Mercury transit webcast! Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 23:37:20 -0800 (PST)
On November 15th, 1999, the western Hemisphere will be treated to an
astronomical event unseen for 25 years. On that day the tiny planet
Mercury will pass between us and the sun - an event known as a
"transit". Who else but the Exploratorium, who has webcast the last
two total solar eclipses, would be crazy enough to attempt webcasting
the tiny 10 arc-second diameter disk of Mercury?
The event starts at 1:00 PM PST when you can join our webcast by
going to our web site (live now except for the video!) at:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/transit/
The transit will last about 1 hour. We will be posting archives of
the transit for those who cannot experience it live.
We will be using the famous 36" refractor at Lick Observatory to
bring you the images of the transit.
Join us then.
We'd like to thanks Lick Observatory, AboveNet Communications Inc.,
Orion Telescopes, and Magnetic Image Inc. for their assistance with
this webcast.
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