June 2004

June 4: Monthly Meeting

Quantum Reality, Spooky Action and the Scientific Method

Edward Deveney
moon

2004 Transit of Venus from Point Judith

All of a sudden the blackness of space outside of the solar disk seemed to drip inwards towards the disk of Venus approaching the solar limb. It was a great phenomenon to observe. Slowly but surely (four or five seconds to this observer) the effect vanished as Venus' image began to exit the solar disk. We watched right up to the very end until that little notch of the planet's disk, like a little bite had been taken out of the sun, disappeared off the Sun's edge until 2012.

Dave Huestis provided this report.
Brian Magaw: A Remembrance

Brian Magaw: A Remembrance

: By Dave Huestis
In July 1994, Skyscrapers were both ecstatic and sad at the same time. While we and the world were anxiously awaiting the icy fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 to plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere, our colleague Brian D. Magaw lost his courageous battle with cancer.

Transit of Venus: A Rare Astronomical Event

: By Dave Huestis
On June 8, Venus will transit the Sun for the first time since 1882. No one alive today has ever witnessed this event. Though I believe there is no new knowledge we can obtain from such an event, professional and amateur astronomers alike have been anxiously awaiting this rare occurrence.
24

Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004

On June 8, 2004, for the first time in 122 years, a transit of Venus is observed. Several parties of Skyscrapers members gathered at various locations to observe and photograph the transit.
26

Oak Ridge Observatory Photos

On Saturday, June 26, 2004, about 2 dozen members of Skyscrapers gathered for a trip first to Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, then to America's Stonehenge, formerly known as Mystery Hill, in North Salem, NH.
38

America's Stonehenge Photos

On Saturday, June 26, 2004, about 2 dozen members of Skyscrapers gathered for a trip first to Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Massachusetts, then to America's Stonehenge, formerly known as Mystery Hill, in North Salem, NH.

Help us complete our archives...

Do you have any anecdotes, personal stories, meeting notes, photos, or any other experiences you would like to share?