. The day after reaching Corydon, Edwin Hubble and Jack Roberts walked on west to Wyandotte Cave, where they explored the tight squeeze known as Worm Alley. Jack set his Brownie camera on a rocky ledge and scooted around in time to get his profile into the photo -- his only portrait with his hero Hubble. Photograph by Jack Roberts. Comments by John R. Hale.

... ARTICLE: The Adventurous Search For The Astronomical Unit . ... Kepler himself had suggested to use the rare occasions of Venus transiting (crossing) the solar disk to measure our distance to the planet. ... Due to the orbital inclination of Venus against the ecliptic of 3.5°, a Venus transit is so rare that it happens only at intervals of 121.5 years, 8 years, 105.5 years, 8 years and so on. ... Crabtree witnessing the transit of Venus 1639 . ... Transits of Venus - The Quest for the Solar Parallax...

... This is because, while one always tries and plans that such an exercise will never be needed, it often proves to be a very useful process to have undertaken, as it points out what needs to be better documented, recorded, and what tools and software are really needed for events like this. ... There was/is little quantitative data in the night logs, which is not very surprizing, given their nature (i.e. a verbal description of the night's activities. ... The effeciency of log2asc needs to be improved....