SOCIAL: Meanwhile, in your local system...

[Amandeep Jawa]

About damn time having a resident astronomer paid some dividends!

:-D

THANKS SRIKAR! COOL!

'deep

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On May 15, 2012, at 9:07 AM, srikar <srikar at sonic.net> wrote:

> 
> 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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