New Posts For Thread: Transit of Mercuryhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercuryI've seen Uranus! An Neptune through my own scope but I've never seen this elusive planet. It can be viewed with the naked eye but it's always too low down from my viewing perspective for me to pick it up.Well tomorrow just after Noon, Mercury will cI think that it was mercury that smashed into our planet many many years ago and that is how we got our moon.but nobody agrees with me,but its a good idea as what the scientists say.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548662531#548662531I think that it was mercury that smashed into our planet many many years ago and that is how we got our moon.but nobody agrees with me,but its a good idea as what the scientists say.Tue, 10 May 2016 16:40:20 -0500There was an "Offician" chit-chat astronomy thread sometime back. Maybe worth bringing back if there is sufficient interest.The next month or so is a good for viewing Jupiter, Mars and Saturn.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548654139#548654139There was an "Offician" chit-chat astronomy thread sometime back. Maybe worth bringing back if there is sufficient interest.The next month or so is a good for viewing Jupiter, Mars and Saturn.Mon, 09 May 2016 23:41:20 -0500Thanks, crystalhunt, I have just subscribed to the online magazine.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548653525#548653525Thanks, crystalhunt, I have just subscribed to the online magazine.Mon, 09 May 2016 18:44:59 -0500This is the linkhttp://earthsky.org/?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=2fe94d74a0-EarthSky_News&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-2fe94d74a0-394664929https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548653235#548653235This is the linkhttp://earthsky.org/?utm_source=EarthSky+News&utm_campaign=2fe94d74a0-EarthSky_News&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c643945d79-2fe94d74a0-394664929Mon, 09 May 2016 17:23:30 -0500Annie - sounds like you're in a perfect spot to see plenty of the heavens with the naked eye. God knows what you would see with good binoculars or a scope. I use the Google-sky app on my phone. Just point the phone at the sky and the app tells you whhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548653229#548653229Annie - sounds like you're in a perfect spot to see plenty of the heavens with the naked eye. God knows what you would see with good binoculars or a scope. I use the Google-sky app on my phone. Just point the phone at the sky and the app tells you whMon, 09 May 2016 17:22:38 -0500Thanks, Ovalman, I will try to get a kind of teach yourself 'sky at night ' book.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548653217#548653217Thanks, Ovalman, I will try to get a kind of teach yourself 'sky at night ' book.Mon, 09 May 2016 17:19:12 -0500The sky constantly changes throughout the year so even if you can look in one direction I'm sure you can find something. I've a dirty great streetlamp out my back although fortunately I'm South facing and I can see all the planets.If you've an Androihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548653165#548653165The sky constantly changes throughout the year so even if you can look in one direction I'm sure you can find something. I've a dirty great streetlamp out my back although fortunately I'm South facing and I can see all the planets.If you've an AndroiMon, 09 May 2016 17:07:47 -0500Just reading my post and I must clarify and say the sky is the clearest sky that I have had at home and not on some holiday.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548653133#548653133Just reading my post and I must clarify and say the sky is the clearest sky that I have had at home and not on some holiday.Mon, 09 May 2016 16:59:32 -0500Thanks for this thread, Ovalman I live by the sea and the night sky is the clearest I have seen in my life. I often go out onto my balcony late at night on a clear night to see the stars. Coming from greater london it has been a revelation.So, thishttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548653129#548653129Thanks for this thread, Ovalman I live by the sea and the night sky is the clearest I have seen in my life. I often go out onto my balcony late at night on a clear night to see the stars. Coming from greater london it has been a revelation.So, thisMon, 09 May 2016 16:57:45 -0500From a very young age I remember looking up and noticing Orion, I was always fascinated with the subject, then Carl Sagan's Cosmos came out and I was hooked for life. If they showed that series to every schoolchild then I know the World would be a behttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30689019/transit-of-mercury?post_id=548652905#548652905From a very young age I remember looking up and noticing Orion, I was always fascinated with the subject, then Carl Sagan's Cosmos came out and I was hooked for life. If they showed that series to every schoolchild then I know the World would be a beMon, 09 May 2016 16:20:22 -0500