ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** Those of you planning to do some activities around the Mercury Transit may find this helpful. * NASA Sun-Earth Day transit webcast - November 8, 1:30 - 2:30 ET (10:30 -11:30 PT) - http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2007/events/mercurytransit.php Featuring: * A panel of scientists live from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center with an additional panel of educators and amateur astronomer live from Langley Research Center. * 2 NASA Explorer Schools will be connected for live interaction-questions and answers. * A telescope 'safety viewing' demonstration with instructions on how to view the transit using a classroom solarscope. * Live images of the transit from 2 NASA satellites, SOHO and TRACE. * Live ground based images from Kitt Peak and Hawaii! * Mercury transit Hawaiian style - live webcast from Hawaii http://astroday.net/MercTransit06.html The Exploratorium's transit page is also up now: <http://www.exploratorium.edu/transit/>http://www.exploratorium.edu/transit/ They will also have a live webcast of the transit from Kitt Peak. Richard Fedele Manager, Public Outreach Dept. Kitt Peak National Observatory/NOAO 950 N. Cherry Ave. Tucson, AZ 85719 520-318-8163 fax 520-318-8451 [log in to unmask] www.noao.edu *********************************************************************** More information about the Informal Science Education Network and the Association of Science-Technology Centers may be found at http://www.astc.org. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]