[RightWhale]

These reports are often, maybe usually, in GMT. That's fine for the provincials in England. How about American time.

[Thinkin' Gal]

My husband rigged up some variant of the pinhole viewer for our little starter telescope, taping cardboard around it and I don't know what else. We were playing with it the other day and it worked nicely. We didn't even burn a hole in the paper, heh. He can't wait to try it out for the Venus show.

Where we are, we'll be able to see the whole thing, so at least we've got a few hours for the sun to peep out. Today it has been beautiful, bright and sunny. Well, there goes our alotted sunny day for the next couple of weeks. :-(

[gargoyle]

...On the east coast at sunrise. Look at the top quarter of the sun. That's actually a great time to look at the sun, plenty of atmosphere to block the harmful rays. You will need a five power or better telescope, maybe a good set of binoculars. (solar reflector optional for the US). Venus will rise to top of the sun. The event will only last an hour or two, the further west, the shorter the duration. Good Luck, folks...