In a message dated 5/2/03 4:27:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
During the morning of 7 May 2003, the planet Mercury will slip across the face of the Sun in a rare event, known as a transit.
Who here saw totality of the solar eclipse about ten years ago? I had agreed in October to speak at the Explorers Club the following May and found out too late to change that there was a solar eclipse that day, with totality just a few hours north (Albany?) -- at the time I was speaking. That still hurts.
Christopher Gray, Founder, St. Paul's School Astronomy Club, Where Most Members Had Joined Because the Observatory Was A Good Place To Hide While Smoking.