Re: Mir Solar Transit for California

Terry Lisansky (lisansky@UDel.Edu)
Sat, 17 Apr 1999 04:21:27 -0400 (EDT)

	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)
> 
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