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06-06-2012, 01:35
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transit of venus
june 6 2012 08:35 sydney Australia
venus-transit.gif
celebrating the transit of venus, first successful use of a marine chronometer by Lieutenant James Cook for navigation and scientific observation of the transit of venus in Tahiti
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06-06-2012, 01:42
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Re: transit of venus
Thanks Charlie,
Stuck in office all day and couldn't get out and buy my solar eclipse glasses to view it.
Scott
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06-06-2012, 02:07
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Re: transit of venus
The clouds cleared and the sun came out (North Island, New Zealand). I watched Venus using my sextant...fantastic! We have followed Captain Cook's route over the past couple of years so I could not miss seeing the transit.
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06-06-2012, 02:14
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Re: transit of venus
Jim
I will now have to wait until year 2117 to see again!
Scott
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06-06-2012, 02:20
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Re: transit of venus
Quote:
Originally Posted by scubascooter
Jim
I will now have to wait until year 2117 to see again!
Scott
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thought i was an optimist, i've been waiting since 2004 for it to come round again...
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06-06-2012, 04:29
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Re: transit of venus
Used my sextant's sun filters to get a good look. Very tiny speck in the top, right quadrant (when I saw it), but very distinctive.
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06-06-2012, 05:38
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Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
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Re: transit of venus
Same here. Got the whole family out to see it...me on my Astra IIIB, my wife on her Freiberger and our son on his Davis 25...yeah, we do CN.
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06-06-2012, 05:50
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Re: transit of venus
Took my welding helmet to to the boatyard and we all had a look between rainstorms !
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06-06-2012, 08:42
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Re: transit of venus
I used binoculars to project the image onto a white card. This has been a really interesting few weeks -- first the annular solar eclipse (only partial here), and now the transit.
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08-06-2012, 10:31
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Got this shot on my iPhone and a friends telescope, if you look carefully you can see solar flares around the edge.
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