It was too cloudy to see Venus sliding her way across the sun, but I did get to
visit the Drexel University observatory for the first time and in the process found out about their open
houses. http://www.physics.drexel.edu/observatory/
The observatory is a small dome that is reached by
a wooden bridge on the roof off the main Drexel building (Its called Main
building!) The folks running the event were a bit overwhelmed by the number of
people who responded to their announcement to watch the transit. I never even
made it to the observatory dome itself and
left to find another way to watch. As I was walking down the 4 flights
of stairs I heard angelic voices of a chorus singing some haunting chorales on
the wide stairways in the Great Court.
Another student and I stopped to linger and listen and I
mentioned to him rather pleadingly “Heaven would be listening to this music and
watching the transit at the same time”. The student took out his computer and
voila, we got to watch on the screen as the hall filled with lovely voices.
Heaven can be found in many places
