SOCIAL: Meanwhile, in your local system...

srikar srikar at sonic.net
Tue May 15 09:07:22 PDT 2012


Sorry to distract all of you from earthly matters but Deep keeps bugging 
me about not letting him and others know about stuff like this:
DISCLAIMER: Both events require looking at the Sun - use appropriate eye 
protection!

- There's an annular solar eclipse on May 20th - it's not a total 
eclipse because the moon's at perigee (closest approach to earth, which 
is why it's seemed a tiny bit bigger and brighter lately) and so its 
disk can't cover the sun's disk completely. Should be spectacular 
nonetheless. It can be seen from Northern California on a track that 
heads from Eureka to Reading to Reno (At Reading, fullest eclipse is 
around 5:10 p.m., earlier for Eureka, later for Reno). Details here:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2012.html#SE2012May20A
Interactive map:
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012May20Agoogle.html

- Venus transits across the face of the Sun on June 5th. The next 
transit will be over a hundred years from now. Look out for events with 
people setting up solar spotter scopes (or build your own).

OK, you can turn your attention downwards again.

-S


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