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Archive for November 8th, 2006

Just When I Thought I Was Done Filling Bubbles

Posted by: tpsky on: November 8, 2006

Went to vote after work yesterday because every vote counts, and it’s very important everybody performs his/her civic duties. I wasn’t familiar with the polling place, but just followed where everybody was going. Found the line for our precinct and reported our street name, number, and my name. The lady at the [...]

Mercury Will Be Passing Over the Face of the Sun

Posted by: tpsky on: November 8, 2006

Today Mercury will travel across the face of the sun, and at least part of the transit will be visible in various part of the North America and Hawaii, starting around 2:12 pm EST. However, according to NASA it will only appear as 1/194 the size of the sun and so a telescope would [...]