[ATMoB-discuss] Sept 27 Mercury Transit Teleconference

[Eileen Myers]

Mark your calendar for Wednesday, September 27th at 9:00 PM Eastern to get 
ready for the upcoming Mercury Transit.

To get primed for the November Mercury Transit, the Night Sky Network will 
host a teleconference featuring NASA's Fred Espenak, widely known to the 
amateur astronomy community as "Mr. Eclipse".  This teleconference will 
discuss planet-finding using transits and the upcoming celestial event, the 
November 8th Mercury transit.

Listen to the teleconference "The Transit of Mercury" by Fred Espenak over 
your telephone.

Wednesday, September 27th
9:00 PM Eastern (6:00 PM Pacific)

The companion PowerPoint to this teleconference is now available at: 
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/2006Transit.ppt

Telecon slides are also available at: http://www.astrosociety.org/nsntelecon/

As an added bonus five NSN clubs that have members attending the November 
30th telecon will receive autographed 8x10 inch prints of the 2006 total 
solar eclipse (photographed by Fred Espenak from Jalu, Libya). A random 
drawing among those who are on the line will be held at the end of the telecon.

Toll-free conference call line: 1-877-917-1549. Call anytime after 8:45 PM 
the evening of the telecon.
An operator will answer and:

- You will be asked for the passcode: NIGHT SKY NETWORK
- You might be asked for the call leader: MICHAEL GREENE
- You will be asked to give your NAME and the CLUB you belong to, and 
number of people listening with you.

If you have any questions or are having any difficulties logging into the 
Night Sky Network, send an email to nightskyinfo at astrosociety.org

See you at the teleconference!
Clear Skies!

Marni Berendsen & Dawn Baird
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
nightskyinfo at astrosociety.org