Mercury Makes Trip Across The Sun

[mdvaldosta]

A blanket of thick grey cloud failed to stop Sydney’s keenest sky watchers from snatching a peek of a rare celestial sight this morning.Â* At 6.12am on November 9th, the planet Mercury began passing across the face of the sun.Â* More than 100 people waited at the Powerhouse Museum’s Sydney Observatory to track the event, [...]

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Who in their right mind gets up at this time of the morning?

I'm going to have a word with the event planners & see if they can't change it to a more reasonable hour next time. Hey it worked for the US TV networks & the Olympic swimmers.

Allan

 

[sharpies]

Yeah double post here.

The "discovery" (I don't think the Aboriginals actually lost it) of Australia came about by Cook being sent to the Pacific to watch the transit of a planet - I think it was Venus though. Interesting how important these little things can be.

Allan