Now if I only had solar filters for my binoculars! Thanks for the info....Terry, in Santa Cruz! Terry Lisansky http://udel.edu/~lisansky Give me a fast ship........ For I intend to go in harms way. On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Matson, Robert wrote: > Hi All, > > There will be a solar transit by the Mir Space Station for selected > cities near the west coast of California on Saturday afternoon, > April 17 from 16:57PST to 16:58:40 PST depending on your > location. The transit track is extremely narrow, so in all > likelihood you will need to relocate to position yourself > optimally. Cities that are close to the transit line (going north > to south): > > Felton, Davenport, Santa Cruz, Castroville, Fort Ord, Salinas, > Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield, King City, Cholame, Maricopa, > Mt. Pinos, Burbank, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Lake Forest, > Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo, Vista, Escondido, Rancho > Bernardo, Poway, and Campo. > > Some specific ground coordinates: > > 17 April > PDT Latitude Longitude > -------- -------- --------- > 16:57:10 36.9759 -122.1300 (near Santa Cruz) > 16:57:20 36.5077 -121.4877 > 16:57:30 36.0360 -120.8505 > 16:57:40 35.5609 -120.2182 > 16:57:50 35.0826 -119.5906 > 16:58:00 34.6010 -118.9672 > 16:58:10 34.1161 -118.3479 > 16:58:20 33.6282 -117.7323 > 16:58:30 33.1371 -117.1202 > 16:58:40 32.6430 -116.5112 (near Campo) > >