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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Gang,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Due to commitments later in the evening, I wasn’t
able to attend the event at the school last night. My wife and had the
solar glasses and viewed the transit from our patio which faces west. We
started looking at 6:04 and didn’t see anything. All the literature I had
gathered indicated the transit would start about the 10 o’clock position
on the Sun. We were surprised when Venus did appear it was between the 12 and 1
o’clock position. It didn’t really matter as were able to see
everything including 3 sun spots below Venus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Around 7:30 we ventured to the parking lot with
extra glasses and attracted the attention of a few neighbours who asked what we
were looking at. We gave them the glasses and the ‘wow’ factor was
heard until the Sun disappeared behind the buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The best views came when I used 7x50 binoculars
with the solar glasses. Venus and the sun spots were clear and a wonderful
sight. My wife was wearing a t-shirt from the Nova East star party held
in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nova Scotia</st1:place></st1:State>
in 2004 and on the back it had a picture of both transits. This was used to
help explain the event.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>I’m looking forward to seeing pictures members
have taken especially when Venus makes first contact with the Sun.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Rick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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