Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Unusual Mercury Transit Monday
From: 4season <4season@boulder.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 19:08:15 -0700

Andre Jean Quintal wrote:
> 
> Perhaps could this be of interest:
> 
> http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast12nov99_1.htm
> 
> Next Monday, the planet Mercury makes a "grazing transit" of the Sun,
> which won't occur again until 2314 ...
> 

Also, the 17th and 18th are supposed to be when the Leonid meteor shower
reaches it's peak. This is expected to be it's biggest showing since
1966. Details can be found here:

http://ajanta.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~jupiter/pub/sciinfo/leonid.html

Nothing really special is needed to photograph such an event.

- -- 
Jeff Segawa
Boulder, Colorado
www.boulder.net/~4season