Transit of Mercury 9th November 2006

NAS Librarian Alan Mehan with his newtonian telescope

Beautiful Sunrise November 9th 2006

Betty Macokatic and Peter Williams- NAS members

Denis Zambelis with members showing off his helio sprectromerter.

View of the transit through the laptop

Mike Salway of Ice In Space website attended the viewing

NAS president Ghul Hussain

NAS treasurer Bill Abrahams with his 60mm refractor with sunfilter that cuts down uv radiation by a factor of 1000%

Nobby's Car Park with a view of the Light House

George Livanos working on a cardboard shadow view of the transit

Ron Williams with his telescope

Sunrise 9th November 2006

Weather wasn't looking too promising early on in the transit then the sky cleared for a spectacular viewing.