Mercury transit

Just a reminder to all that the next transit of Mercury is due to happen on the 8th of November. For info on this event I have added the following link.

sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/transit06.html

The Mercury transit on November 8th will not be observable from Ireland or in fact europe and middle east aswell. It is only visible from the far east and the americas.

True, but with the internet I’m sure we’ll be well informed.

The Mercury transit on November 8th will not be observable from Ireland or in fact europe and middle east aswell. It is only visible from the far east and the americas.

The two best locations are the west coast of the US (California) and New Zealand with the latter being slightly preferred due to better positioning of the sun during the transit.

Airline tickets to Australia/New Zealand are VERY expensive and in contrast to California which are considerably less. A trip stateside also means a brief excursion for "shopping" (astrotoys).

PS. The next such transit is in 10 years time which adds some urgency to this particular event.

I saw this on sky&telescope, looks like Hawaii will have a nice view of it, anyone planning to go there?