Watch the heavens on the 5th.

[Bubba1235]

http://www.transitofvenus.org/june2012/where-to-be

Venus Transit 2012 - next time it happens will be 2117 and I don't think we'll be around.

 

[soggy_feet]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

wouldnt you know it..... cloudy.

 

[RogersJetboat454]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

wouldnt you know it..... cloudy.

Going to be around a computer at 5:45?

Can watch it on NASA;
http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/

 

[SierraMark]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

yeah I'm gonna have to see it "virtually" too :-(

Last week I was making my plan on where to go, I have my telescope, camera, solar filter, and laptop all ready to go but it's cloudy and it doesn't look like I will get to see it.

-Mark

 

[bekosh]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

Going to be around a computer at 5:45?

Can watch it on NASA;
http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/

This is the better idea. You really don't want to try and look at it with the naked eye.

 

[bekosh]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

True. But you know that there will be people that will try it.

 

[aspeck]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-5...cross-the-sun-without-going-blind-live-video/

This is an interesting link also.

 

[foodfisher]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

http://www.transitofvenus.org/june2012/where-to-be

Venus Transit 2012 - next time it happens will be 2117 and I don't think we'll be around.

Pessimist.

 

[rbh]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

Its like watchen a chocolate chip float across the face of a cookie!!

Of course its raining here and all I got to go on is what I see on the boob tube, UGH!!

 

[SierraMark]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

At about 5:45 EST last night the skies cleared enough that the sun was shining. So I waited 5 minutes and when it was still sunny I decided to go out and set up the scope.

I have it in a small "observatory" so I open the observatory, put on the solar filter and an eyepiece and look at the sun. Nice, I can see sun spots but still no Venus. So I hook up the camera and as I am trying to focus the camera the screen goes dark....sun is covered in clouds :facepalm: . So I wait 15 minutes and now it looks like its going to rain! So I pack it all up and put it all away and went in to watch it on TV .

I said to the Admiral..."see, this is what I get for being pessimistic"

-Mark

 

[choppywaters]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

http://www.transitofvenus.org/june2012/where-to-be

Venus Transit 2012 - next time it happens will be 2117 and I don't think we'll be around.

Got the kids an Orion XT8 telescope with all kinds of filters and eye pieces for their birthday and thought it came with a sun filter but it didn't and we forgot about it until yesterday! We have seen some amazing images through this thing.

 

[soggy_feet]

Re: Watch the heavens on the 5th.

I ended up going to the bar/bike night. The sun poked thru the clouds between showers, and we joked about looking directly at the sun and not seeing spots until we looked away.

Had it been nicer out, I would have rode home, grabbed my welding helmet out of the truck, and glanced skyward.

Oh well, Im sure its on youtube....