AstroDad
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If you have a few mins and are in the area, swing by the St. Pete Science Center (back yard) and watch Mercury transit our Sun. It starts a little after 2pm and will last about 5 hours (with about 3 hours being usable to us on the East coast). One of our members (Mark Schroeder) will have his Ha rig there. If you've never seen the Sun through a Ha (hydrogen alpha) filter, well, it's mind blowing!
Details from NASA here: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/20oct_transitofmercury.htm
Details from NASA here: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/20oct_transitofmercury.htm