On Tuesday June 5th, people will be able to see the last transit of Venus across the sun for 100 years. So make sure you have your eclipse shades and/or welding masks around :) I hope you all get to see this; it won't happen for another 100 years. Sry for short notice. Oh, and it should be at five o'clock eastern time.
Transit of Venus: must-see event (25 posts)
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I saw the last one, eight years ago. Next one after today: 2117.
After that: 2125.
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Right, they always come in pairs. Each transit in a pair is eight years apart, and the pairs are 100 years apart. Edit: Can someone confirm the time?
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Is today Tuesday or Wednesday?! Please don't tell me it's Wednesday because I really want to see this! I saw something on the news when I was checking my email. Here's the link:
http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/1110/69469085/Get_a_filter_and_look_up_That_dot_is_Venus
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Tuesday, June 5 in the US. June 6 on the other side of the International Date Line.
Starting a bit after 6:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Therefore a bit after 5:00 PM Central DT, 4:00 Mountain DT, 3:00 Pacific DT. If you live in Arizona, you figure it out: you're either on Mountain Standard (Most of state plus Hopi lands) or Mountain Daylight (Navajo lands). MST is the same as Pacific DT.
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TOday is Tuesday.
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My sister, an astronomy geek, works at a certain fast-food place; and her hours conflict with this event. She asked them for permission to set up a telescope outside and watch the event. Needless to say, they refused. So I fully intend on borrowing her solar filter. Sometimes it pays to be unemployed (and below the legal working age). :-)
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I can't see the transit because:
1. I don't have eclipse shades or a welding mask
2. I don't have a telescopeBut I do have binoculars but those probably won't work.
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Use a pinhole projector:
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/observe/
Or, you can probably project with the binoculars, but might need to cover one side with something dark (like the lens cap) so you don't get a double image:
http://resources.yesican-science.ca/trek/eclipse0602/pinhole2.html
It works pretty much like projecting with a telescope:
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/05/stars2.html
Plenty of other web refs if you want to google the topic.
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Who saw it? I DIDN'T!!!!! IT'S SOOOOOOOOO FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i saw that today. venus looked small compared to the sun
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this makes three known once-in-a-lifetime astronomical events that i missed.
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IT WAS CLOUDY!!!!!! I COULDN"T SEE THE SUN!
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But you can see it here. Oh well, watching it on the Internet is better than not seeing it at all.
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It was cloudy for me too.
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I saw it today from Wagga Wagga NSW Australia, using the local University telescopes which were set up in the city for free. We were advised not to use binoculars, welding masks, sunglasses or to look directly through a telescope. The sky was clear enough and we caught the last few minutes. Glad we did, can't wait around for the next one !
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It was raining in Florida like crazy and the sky stayed cloudy the whole day. It's not fair! :( And I won't be alive in another 100 years!
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A photo gallery:
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/whatsnew/gallery.jsp?gname=wnew_transit_of_venus_2012&floc=wn-nx
Wikipedia article (includes a photo gallery plus time lapse videos and animations)
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Weirdly, the sun came out THE NEXT DAY, AFTER THE TRANSIT.
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Well that's because other countries have different times as other places.Tick man can explain better than I can.
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i saw it.It was sooooooooooooooooooooooo cool i wish i was a live next time it was sssssssoo mad and it looks like a pea on a dinner plate
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What I meant was that the Sun stayed hidden from me during the transit, but came out the next day AFTER IT WAS OVER.
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? Oh
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ikr
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