Re: Transit of Venus update

From: Anthony Ayiomamitis (anthony@perseus.gr)
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 04:46:02 EST

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    Dear Thomas,
    
             Following one of the links on your page which includes a 
    detailed analysis, I am delighted to learn that Greece MAY be in the 
    path of a simultaneous Venus and ISS transit. My intention is to image 
    the transit in h-alpha and, hopefully, it will provide a rare view of an 
    ISS transit not in white light but h-alpha which I believe will be 
    something new as well.
    
             In the event you plan to follow this unique opportunity for a 
    simultaneous transit further for specific regions in the world, I would 
    be most grateful if you can keep me informed.
    
             Thanks!
    
    Anthony.
    
    >
    > Subject:
    > Transit of Venus update
    > From:
    > "Thomas Fly" <tfly@alumni.caltech.edu>
    > Date:
    > Tue, 8 Jun 2004 04:21:28 -0400
    > To:
    > "SeeSat-L" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    >
    >
    >3 months ago, I attempted to make a guess as to where one might be able to see a
    >transit of the ISS across the sun, while Venus is making its transit, on June 8:
    >http://iss-transit.sourceforge.net/IssVenusTransit.html
    >
    >I just ran my WorldView program, and its forecast has changed surprisingly
    >little. The main difference is that it shows the track a bit more to the north
    >and west, crossing into Turkey at around 8:06 UTC.
    >
    >On the following orbit, around 9:39 UTC, I show the solar transit crossing into
    >Italy.
    >
    >It's still a little early to be booking hotel rooms, but it's looking pretty
    >good for you folks in Europe who're hoping to get 2 for the price of 1!
    >
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