Mercury is Coming; Mercury Transit on 8th of November Provides New Opportuities in Solar Viewing
Wednesday November 8, 2006 Mercury will be transiting across the face of the sun for but moments of our life.
(PRWEB) November 3, 2006 -- No, another planet is not being de-listed as if to treat them as stocks ‘on the board’ – but rather our closest planet is making a swing by our neighborhood for the privilege to sneak between the sun and us on earth. An occurrence we get only every 7-8 years or so. So, on Wednesday November 8, 2006 Mercury is going to do just that by transiting across the face of the sun for but moments of our life.
So even if blessed with a sunny day, and you have the appropriate instrument and filters to view the sun, you might be fortunate enough to catch and maybe view this celestial moment say five to perhaps 8+ times in a lifetime. OK, not the transit of Venus that Europe and North Africa enjoyed in 2004 and North America will have front row seats for in 2012 before Venus splits our neck of the woods for some 122 years. That chance, you might get once in a lifetime.
So what’s an easy, safe and affordable solar viewing instrument to have? The [still relatively new Solarscope (www.solarscope.com) viewer in any of the four versions they make. The Wooden versions and the Educational Edition are considered the group viewers and of the same size, with the smaller Standard Model as personal viewer great for 1-3 people.
Do the goggle search for more information and retail sources. Starting at $59, this solution is at a perfect price point for gift giving, donations, school budgets… oh and yea, because in addition to various sunspots on any given day – you just might want to catch a transit or eclipse sometime. On the west coast Mercury will dance at 11:12am and Chicago at 13:12 local time. Are you ready?
About Solarscope (www.solarscope.com)
The Solarscope project is the invention of Mr. Jean Gay, Astronomer and Scientist at the Côte d’Azur Observatory, in his effort to enable safe sun observation for an affordable price. During the 1999 Sun eclipse he noticed a strong interest in the general public for solar phenomenon like eclipses, planet transits and daily sunspots observation. The patents utilized in the Solarscope products provide for results and user experience for price value rivaled by no other product in the world.
The desire to lead the way in the Solar observation scopes led Yan Cornil, Founder of Light Tec Optical Instrument to develop the manufacturing and distribution of the Solarscope in the astronomy field (observatories, astronomical associations, astro/optics stores) as well as the Education outreach programs and entering the recreation and entertainment markets (through catalogs).
Light Tec Optics Instruments and private placement partners formed Solarscope LLC, fully licensed to manufacture and market the Solarscope product in North and South America.
Our relationships with world class partners like nature company Nature et Découverte, the Fnac Junior, ScienceKit & Boreal, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, VWR, Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, American Science and Surplus, and other 140+ great partners worldwide … create opportunities to give an excellent gift for children and adults alike.
The company today caters to schools/educators, scientific/research, and both professional and amateur astronomers, as well as anyone else with an interest in the subject. A scientifically sound product with the capability for astronomical measurements, Solarscope has been warmly embraced by scientists (Nobel Prize for Physics, astronauts, etc.), educators, astronomers, and serious to recreational science enthusiasts worldwide. Awarded Hot Product 2005 by Sky Publishing, publishers of Sky & Telescope and Night Sky magazines.
www.solarscope.com
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