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The transit is on my very last day of school! (Why does god hate me so much?) I asked the science club advisor if she would be interested in getting science club out to the front lawn so as to view the transit with my scope I would bring. However, of course, she wasn't interested (go figure).
My question, since I now have no reason to take a scope to school, is: will the transit be visible if I just use eclipse shades? I have a couple of pairs, and really don't want to try and go through the trouble of making a set of filters for my binos.
Thanks!
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Anonymous
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Yes, eclipse shades will work.
Joe Donahue
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Cool, thanks a lot! Do you happen to know off-hand how big the shadow will be?
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Don W
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Umm.....it will be a small dot on the surface of the sun near the edge.
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That's right, seeing it without optical aid should not be a problem.
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So, do you have exams that day, or what? Can't you be "sick" or have "car trouble?" It's the first transit in 122 years. The next one's twelve years away, and it might be cloudy that day.
The transit will be over in northwest Ohio some 70 to 80 minutes after sunrise. (See the new NightSky magazine for a good map.) Sunrise will be around 6:00 AM, so the transit will be over sometime before 7:30 AM if you live near Toledo (and if I've figured it right).
So find an early-morning spot with a low horizon in the east!
Edited by sc1957 (04/17/04 02:39 PM)
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Anonymous
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personally i plan to come up with bubonic plague on that very day. It's just an amazing coincidence, honest 
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Yes, I have exams on that day. I was going to go up to one of the second story, east-facing rooms at around 7 to catch the end of it.
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When venus cross the sun can it be seen from say seattle,if there are NO CLOUDS?
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Don W
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I'd have to run TheSky to see for sure, but the farther west you go, the less you'll see. Here in Wisconsin the sun will rise with Venus half way across. You will see less than that in Seattle, clouds or no clouds.
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Yup i ran it through Starry night for you and seattle misses the transit. The sun peeks over the horizon after venus has already left the disk. Sorry.
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John Hoare
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I can't believe that the science club advisor wasn't interested, how the heck did she get the job? How many people go on to be engineers, scientists and medicos from your school compared to those who go on to arts, business and law?
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I'm appauled for two reasons:
1) That the SCIENCE teacher had no interest in exposing students to not only astronomy, but to an astronomical event of such magnitude.
2) That the sadists actually require students to take exams on the last day.
Good luck to you! I'm going to be traveling to somewhere around Illinois from Oklahoma for the transit.
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I think thats rediculous that the Science Teacher didn't like the idea as well. I assume that astronomy isn't a normal course/topic in your school? I live in Central New Jersey, what time will the transit start for me? If anyone could figure that out easily I'd greaty appreciate it.
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it will have already started when the sun rises
better wake up early and watch that sunrise
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*bleep*, its early enough when I get up for High School at 6:30...So, I think the Sun comes up at about 5:50 if not I would guess earlier. Well, I'm staying home that day anyway to watch it through my scope. How long will the whole transit last from start to finish?
Edited by Slickmm (05/19/04 07:59 PM)
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