Mercury Transit

by Joe Huber

The 5th grade students at my sun's elementary school study the Sun and Planets during the first part of the school year. Mid October I setup my H-Alpha rig to give them a view of what they had been studying. The Sun was kind of quite that day but had a few features to point out. I stayed through lunch so that those that were interested in extended views and those from other classes could see as well.

Since the interest was high I decided to make another visit the day of the transit. As most of you know, the day could not have been better. I'm sure well over a 100 students stopped by for a view and were treated to a large sunsopt and tiny silloette of Mercury and a promience or two. After the kids went back to class I took some time at the eyepiece. I was treated to all the things that the students were, but I got a bonus. I saw 2 UFO's siloetted against the Sun. I imagine it was one of those triple formation satellites. They seemed to be disk shaped and wobbling so maybe they were UFO's.

Now for a PSA

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Posted on sf-bay-tac Nov 20, 2006 09:57:22 PT
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