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[magic612]

I put a lot of extras into this week's "Eyes on the Sky" video, given that the Venus Transit is a "last time in our lifetime" event. Lots to learn both historically, and even some craters on the Moon that have ties to the Transit as well.

It also features a nice thread that CA Paulie did here too.

astronomer.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Lunar&action=display&thread=3825

Hope you enjoy!

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Woot...!

That was fun.

[Paulie pchris00]

Nice hair! Huge!

NOT!

Thanks for the shout-out. It's funny how things work out. I haven't seen the Moon in a telescope yet this lunation. I did get Gentil when it was favorable on the waning Moon a couple weeks ago, but that's it.

And you're right. I'll be chanting "please, don't be cloudy" for the next 180 hours...

[magic612]

May 29, 2012 7:40:49 GMT -6 Paulie pchris00 said:

Nice hair! Huge!

NOT!

Heh. ;D

May 29, 2012 7:40:49 GMT -6 Paulie pchris00 said:

Thanks for the shout-out. It's funny how things work out. I haven't seen the Moon in a telescope yet this lunation. I did get Gentil when it was favorable on the waning Moon a couple weeks ago, but that's it.

And you're right. I'll be chanting "please, don't be cloudy" for the next 180 hours...

You're quite welcome for the shout out - you did such a nice job of laying out the history of those craters and showing where to find them, I didn't see any point in me re-doing the fine work you'd already done! So I'm glad to direct people here to see what you posted, and also hopefully stick around and find out about Joe's good work with outreach in Chicago too.

[headdunce]

I can't believe the amount of work you put into these videos, really cool Thanks!

[magic612]

Thanks Jim! Yes, lots of work for this one, and I can only do this much extra for videos occasionally. The other ones aren't too bad (on a good week, 6 to 8 hours per video). But for the Venus Transit? It was worth it to go all-out.

[Mark Ross]

Outstanding. I really find the historical background info very interesting.

[patrickm]

Great, Dave. Just great.

Only teeny bone to pick:
Le = luh
Les = lay
(more or less)

But, screw that. You will be hard pressed to top this video. I especially can't believe you found that old 8mm footage of the far flung astronomers! Your research team is top notch. Double their pay immediately!

[magic612]

May 31, 2012 19:04:33 GMT -6 Mark Ross said:

Outstanding. I really find the historical background info very interesting.

Thank you Mark! I appreciate that.

[magic612]

Jun 1, 2012 9:27:54 GMT -6 patrickm said:

Great, Dave. Just great.

Only teeny bone to pick:
Le = luh
Les = lay
(more or less)

I never took French in high school or college. I consulted my "French language coach" (friend from college), and she told me how to say it right, and... well - I still didn't. (Oops!)

French always was one language I couldn't ever really "fake" all that well. Spanish? No problem. Italian? Piece of cake. French? Not so much.

But, screw that. You will be hard pressed to top this video. I especially can't believe you found that old 8mm footage of the far flung astronomers! Your research team is top notch. Double their pay immediately!

Done! ;D

And thanks; this one definitely took a lot of time.

[patrickm]

In the world of dess plains, no one will notice!

The video really is tremendous. I will share it widely.

[magic612]

Thank you Patrick! You rock, sir.

On a side note about "dess plains" I remember watching an episode of ER way back when, and one of the characters said it as "Deh Plain" and all I could think was, "That sounds so weird" - because everyone here says it the other way.