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Title: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: sam on June 01, 2012, 14:17

Don't forget the transit of Venus on Wednesday morning! I've  put together a blog post on this that has some useful links and a couple of dodgy photos of me from 2004:  http://www.krioma.net/blog/2012/06/transit_of_venus_on_6th_june.php

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Clive on June 01, 2012, 15:30

I saw the 2004 event from a supermarket car park where I had a crowd of shoppers gathered around me thinking I was loopy loo.   :devil:  Of course anyone wearing solar eclipse glasses looks a bit like that.   ;D  Excellent blog Sam.  The interviewer looked rather nice.    o:)

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: sam on June 01, 2012, 20:50

Oh indeed, solar eclipse glasses never make you look sane.

The interviewer - i won't comment  8-)

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Clive on June 01, 2012, 21:23

Best not to.   :devil:

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: sam on June 02, 2012, 18:16

Lol

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: sam on June 06, 2012, 08:35

So did anyone see it, it was just cloudy here.

Annoying thing was how blue the opposite side of the sky was: http://www.flickr.com/photos/starrydude/7158736645/in/photostream

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Simon on June 06, 2012, 13:07

It was peeing with rain here most of the afternoon and evening, with thick cloud.

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Rik on June 06, 2012, 13:53

Snap.

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Clive on June 06, 2012, 17:13

Well it was all over by the time you both got up anyway.   :devil:  I peered out of the window at 5am but it was wet so I went back to bed.  Did anyone see the Horizon programme last night?  It was surprisingly informative. 

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Simon on June 06, 2012, 17:22

I didn't know it was on.  ;D

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Rik on June 06, 2012, 17:33

I was all Jubileed out...

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Clive on June 06, 2012, 19:00

This is what it was all about:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9rM8ChTjY

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: sam on June 06, 2012, 22:22

I didn't - I find science on the tv quite annoying these days. I hear it was all women though.

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Clive on June 06, 2012, 22:57

Yes, the omnipresent Lucie Green.  Of course nobody mentioned that the 2117 transit takes place in the middle of the night from the UK so nobody will see it.  And absolutely nobody will tell you that the next appearance of Halley's comet will be a total disaster as it will be on the far side of the Sun.   :o:

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: sam on June 07, 2012, 22:46

No point worrying really :-)

Title: Re: Transit of Venus on 6th June
Post by: Clive on June 08, 2012, 10:45

Speak for yourself!  It's back in just 50 years time  ;D 

Back to the transit of Venus - here is a rare picture!  http://spaceweather.com.  Within the circles are images of the Hubble Space Telescope.