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Re: (meteorobs) Other Non-Meteor Astro. Events

Dear J.C. Millot & Gregg Lobdell
 
    Millot, I 'm waiting for your report on upcoming solar eclipse. 
Hope for clear sky that day. However, Total Lunar Eclipse will occurs
for more of us.
    I used SkyMap3.1 and some text book in library and found transits of
Venus and Mercury for the past and future are:

Transits of Mercury:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     Date         Time UT (approx.)
--------------------------------------
13 November 1986     01.5h-06.5h
06 November 1993     03h-05h      (I observed this event from my house)
15 November 1999     22h      <---***

Transits of Venus:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     Date         Time UT (approx.)
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09 December 1874     02h-06.5h
06 December 1882     14h-20.5h
08 June 2004         05h-11.5h
06 June 2012         22h(5 June)-05h
11 December 2117     0.5h-5.5h       ( Not 17th )
08 December 2125     13.5h-19h

*** Upcoming and Interesting Transit of Mercury in 1999 will be a
"grazing" transit. South of Pacific and New Zealand, probably includes
New Caledonia will witness this event.

    BTW, I don't know that when and why I like astronomy. I remembered
when I was young,  about 7-8 years old, in my dream (during sleeping), I
see something in the sky that I know it's GALAXY afterthat. In 1993, I
'm the winner of Astronomy Quiz of the year over the country (High
School level), managed by The Thai Astronomical Society. 
     I bought my first 7x50 binoculars for celebrations after I used
handmade telescope for several years. I spend some night under the dark
sky at my home in another province every time that I have a chance
(Currently in the 4th year of B.Sc. and work hard for senior project
about the heliosphere in Bangkok). Like to know your story.

Worachate Boonplod
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from Bangkok, Thailand (13d45' N, 100d31' E) UT+07
mailto : piak@deathstar.phys.sci.chula.ac.th
"Eclipse Zone" home page : http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7137/

    
J.C. Millot wrote
> 
> My Dance of the Planets software says for my location in New Caledonia :
> 
> for the first one 8th of June, 2004 beginning around 16:00 local time
> (05:00 UT) until sunset for us but theorically until 22:30 local time
> (11:30 UT)
> 
> for the second one 6th of June 2012 beginning around 09:30 local time
> (22:30 UT the 5th) until 16:00 local time (05:00 UT)
> 
> as these transits are separated
> by 8, 121.5, 8, 105.5, 8, 121.5, 8, 105.5 ... years and the preceding great
> gap was 121.5 years long, if you miss the ones of 2004 and 2012, you will
> have to wait until December 2117 !!! On the 17th of this month I will
> celebrate my 157th birthday -:)
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