In Transit

[jseal]

The first transit of Venus since 1882 will occur on Tuesday; the next one will occur on June 6, 2012.

It will be seen best in Europe and Africa, but part of it will be visible on Eastern North America. If you are interested, check out the local Science Center or Planetarium.

Good luck with the clouds!

[Steph]

I wish I was in St. John's right now. They'll have telescopes on Signal Hill for viewings.

[PantyFanatic]

(I wish you were in St. John's too.) :rolleyes:




OK.:) Since our UK Pixies have the best seat in the house, you have to gets your butts outside in about 2-1/2 hours. If your Captain Cook could take eight months to sail to Tahiti just to see it, I hope you can walk out to the back yard. ;) LOL


Some of the better sites-
http://www.vt-2004.org/

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/venus0412.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/myspace/nightsky/transitofvenus.shtml

[Steph]

It doesn't matter where I am, PF. Thanks to chat, IM, phones . . . I can annoy you from anywhere in the country, ya jerk!

[PantyFanatic]

You annoy me just by being!:mad:










(PS- you forgot the "SHADDUP PF!") :rolleyes:

[LixyChick]

OH...weeeeeeeeeee! I shoulda read this thread first...but I didn't and I put up another. Least there are links here!

TY jseal and PF! *hugs*

[jseal]

Gentlefolk,

Nothing but clouds here. Bah! Streaming video saved the day.

Sorta.


While perusing webs sites in search of the best video, I came across an interesting animated gig: a Solar transit of the International Spaces Station. How about that?

http://www.vt-2004.org/photos/images/vt-photo-01-jolo.gif

[PantyFanatic]

Very neat.:)

I assume the stationary dot is just a flair?

[LixyChick]

Just as I said you shouldn't...because I am human, and when told NOT to do something, I do...I was walking up my driveway and could feel the sun beating on me as it was coming up over the trees...I turned and looked right into it for a mere moment...didn't see Venus, but saw a dot before my eyes for a minute or so after I finally turned away...so I named the dot "Venus baby"!

LOL!

[PantyFanatic]

Next time you find me sitting on the lawn Lixy, watching the night sky, DON’T show me the moon. And I DON’T want you to hide the sky by standing over me and squatting down until my face is completely under your skirt. You definitely SHOULD NOT play with the Big Dipper until you see the Milky Way. :rolleyes:








(I’ll be there right after sunset :lust: )

[nikki1979]

i saw our very own PashkinThePanther on the news last night during a story on the transit!!!!
LOOKIN GOOD DAHLIN!!!!!!

nikki

[PantyFanatic]

Tell us more Nikki. Tell us MORE!:)
Is he able to make a living with astronomy or astrophysics?

You seem to know him irl. Please have him share with us amatures.

[nikki1979]

he doesnt work in it, its a hobby of his. unfortunatly it was a quick segment and only had an old man talkin but u cud see him in several of the shots . ill have to tell him to ge this but to this post and tell yall more

nikki

[PashkinThePanther]

Originally posted by PantyFanatic
Tell us more Nikki. Tell us MORE!:)
Is he able to make a living with astronomy or astrophysics?

You seem to know him irl. Please have him share with us amatures.

I'm gonna get you for this, nikki!

Ahem, I'm the president of the local amateur Astronomy society and we organised an event to show people the transit. The local TV station heard about it and called on Monday afternoon to ask if they could join us. Well I'd be crazy to say "no" wouldn't I? So come they did, arriving at 6am and leaving just after 8. The society secretary, myself, and couple of the committee were interviewed. Apparently the lunchtime news program did have me talking but they edited me out for the evening program.

If I can get technology to work I might be able to download a copy of the segment off videotape onto a website but don't hold your breath! Meanwhile amuse yourselves with some of the pix taken during the morning, at www.heras.org.uk (http://www.heras.org.uk) , checking out "Society Pics"...

You're so dead now nikki! :mad: ;)

[nikki1979]

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

*looks round*

no im not im perfectly fine so :P ehehhehehehehhehee


nikki

[darogle]

Lucky guy! :D

I was able to get a good view of it this morning. I just happened upon a group of Swedish soldiers that had a telescope set up and let me take a peek. Too cool! They made some damn good coffee too...

[PashkinThePanther]

Originally posted by PantyFanatic
Very neat.:)

I assume the stationary dot is just a flair?

Not quite, its just a sunspot. There haven't been many recently so thats a bit of good fortune to catch one, the ISS AND the transit...

PS All astro questions answered, free, gratis and for nothing! ;)