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PDP8E View Member Profile	May 21 2012, 02:42 AM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241	Q: Will the transit of Venus in a few weeks, be visible at Mars? Could Oppy (or orbiters) resolve it ??? -------------------- CLA CLL

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bkellysky

Jun 6 2012, 10:39 AM

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Just north of NYC, we had two periods when the Sun shown through around the clouds.

Attached is photo at eyepiece of my 60mm (Kendrick solar filter) telescope at 28x (with the surrounding lawn, since I hadn't zoomed in yet). Handheld Canon XS 1/160sec, ISO 100.

I'll post more photos at my blog - two through the telescope, handheld up to the eyepiece; and others where I used the clouds as filters with my camera set at or near 1/4000 sec at F32, the fastest shutter speed and highest F ratio I could get on the Canon XS.

http://bkellysky.wordpress.com/
and other's photos of the event via our club site:
http://www.westchesterastronomers.org/

bob

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PDP8E Transit of Venus May 21 2012, 02:42 AM

nprev No. Mars would have to be both in precise oppositi... May 21 2012, 03:50 AM

brellis That brings up a [probably silly] question: would ... May 21 2012, 05:39 AM

djellison Why would it? Venus doesn't care that the Ear... May 21 2012, 06:11 AM

Astro0 ADMIN NOTE: Some OT mentions of the transit and it... May 21 2012, 09:50 AM

charborob According to this, the last transit of Earth from ... May 21 2012, 02:28 PM

Stu QUOTE (charborob @ May 21 2012, 03:28 PM)... May 21 2012, 02:32 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (charborob @ May 21 2012, 09:28 AM)... May 21 2012, 03:40 PM

rogelio "The next simultaneous Earth-Venus transit se... May 21 2012, 04:24 PM

brellis My silly question rephrased: at this point in its ... May 21 2012, 05:25 PM

djellison It already has - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File... May 21 2012, 08:47 PM

Lightning QUOTE (rogelio @ May 21 2012, 06:24 PM) I... May 22 2012, 07:32 PM

Stu Preparations for observing the Transit from Kendal... May 26 2012, 11:23 AM

Toma B This site is must see for all of us Venus transit ... May 27 2012, 11:13 AM

nprev That is a VERY cool site, Toma; thanks!!... May 27 2012, 07:17 PM

Explorer1 Wow, just barely north of Iceland the sun will be ... May 27 2012, 07:43 PM

ElkGroveDan Wow Toma, thanks for that. And if you want to s... May 28 2012, 12:01 AM

nprev QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 27 2012, 04:01 P... May 28 2012, 08:06 PM

mchan And close by at 22.7N 166.2W, Venus jumps across t... May 28 2012, 01:33 AM

Explorer1 I can't understand the geometry of how this wo... May 28 2012, 03:18 AM

Hungry4info It has a lot to do with the rotation of Earth caus... May 28 2012, 06:56 PM

Explorer1 I suppose its the same sort of effect as someone w... May 29 2012, 04:39 AM

ElkGroveDan If you can't charter a boat, you could catch a... May 29 2012, 05:05 AM

charborob Actually, the path of Venus across the Sun's d... May 29 2012, 03:26 PM

Explorer1 Oops, I think I broke it... May 30 2012, 12:03 AM

TheAnt That path looks funny, so perhaps you managed to b... May 31 2012, 10:49 AM

jamescanvin I think the issue is the Sun./Venus goes almost di... May 31 2012, 02:39 PM

TheAnt @jamescanvin: I considered that for a moment mysel... May 31 2012, 04:22 PM

jamescanvin QUOTE (TheAnt @ May 31 2012, 05:22 PM) @j... Jun 1 2012, 07:16 AM

ddeerrff A friend and I here at work were scratching our he... May 31 2012, 04:41 PM

TheAnt @jamescanvin: Yes you're right, it is the ... Jun 1 2012, 08:57 PM

ngunn Standing on the ground and looking up at the sky t... Jun 1 2012, 10:24 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 1 2012, 02:24 PM) On t... Jun 1 2012, 11:38 PM

JRehling Pleased to say that I have just tied the world... Jun 5 2012, 11:41 PM

Toma B QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 6 2012, 01:41 AM) P... Jun 6 2012, 12:13 AM

Stu Some practical advice for those wanting to watch t... Jun 1 2012, 11:44 PM

TheAnt @Stu: Projecting the sun image on a cardboard show... Jun 2 2012, 01:42 PM

Toma B QUOTE (TheAnt @ Jun 2 2012, 03:42 PM) @St... Jun 2 2012, 09:41 PM

nprev I'll be out in the California desert for other... Jun 2 2012, 03:37 PM

ngunn I used a pair of binoculars to project the image o... Jun 2 2012, 10:19 PM

PDP8E completely clouded out in the Boston Massachusetts... Jun 5 2012, 09:20 PM

Toma B Crystal clear sky here! But it would have to l... Jun 5 2012, 09:23 PM

Sunspot Cant beleive they have taken down access to the re... Jun 5 2012, 09:37 PM

djellison QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jun 5 2012, 01:37 PM) Ca... Jun 6 2012, 05:53 AM

Sunspot QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 6 2012, 06:53 AM) ... Jun 6 2012, 07:28 AM

Explorer1 :Sigh: you can guess from my location alone what... Jun 5 2012, 10:41 PM

Stu Rain hitting the window as I type this, and that r... Jun 5 2012, 10:49 PM

Stu Hey, there will be gazillions of remarkable techni... Jun 6 2012, 12:14 AM

JRehling I'll attach an image made from a photo snapped... Jun 6 2012, 07:40 AM

Greenish Welding helmet + binoculars (one eye only, behind ... Jun 6 2012, 12:20 AM

SFJCody Beautiful clear day here in Brisbane. Started watc... Jun 6 2012, 01:34 AM

charborob Clouds managed to clear in the West for about an h... Jun 6 2012, 02:19 AM

Explorer1 Remind her that this is another planet we are seei... Jun 6 2012, 02:30 AM

JohnVV ---edit--- Jun 6 2012, 03:33 AM

JohnVV ---edit--- Jun 6 2012, 07:24 AM

Explorer1 Or the 1760s for that matter: http://en.wikipedia.... Jun 6 2012, 07:32 AM

Astro0 Here are two images I took today in rather dodgey ... Jun 6 2012, 07:56 AM

Paolo well, finally I got to see both of the transits. I... Jun 6 2012, 08:17 AM

Oersted Woke up early this morning in Brussels, only to be... Jun 6 2012, 09:00 AM

Oersted RE: Transit of Venus Jun 6 2012, 09:03 AM

Oersted Btw, maybe UMSF needs to expand the Telescopic Obs... Jun 6 2012, 09:18 AM

bkellysky Just north of NYC, we had two periods when the Sun... Jun 6 2012, 10:39 AM

ElkGroveDan I shot this directly using dual polarizing filters... Jun 6 2012, 04:24 PM

Explorer1 SDO montage is up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Jun 6 2012, 07:17 PM

ngunn QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Jun 6 2012, 08:17 PM) ... Jun 7 2012, 09:01 AM

Oersted QUOTE (ngunn @ Jun 7 2012, 11:01 AM) Hmm.... Jun 7 2012, 11:09 PM

ugordan QUOTE (Oersted @ Jun 8 2012, 01:09 AM) Ho... Jun 8 2012, 10:50 AM

jekbradbury JAXA's HINODE satellite (in sun-synchronous ea... Jun 6 2012, 10:57 PM

Floyd I see the effect particularly for the image where ... Jun 7 2012, 11:03 AM

ngunn Check for example 33 seconds in (where the limb of... Jun 7 2012, 12:04 PM

Explorer1 Yeah, it really looks like detail on Venus itself,... Jun 7 2012, 04:22 PM

JRehling The performance of human vision is a thing still n... Jun 7 2012, 05:19 PM

ngunn It's not a big deal and I'm sure there... Jun 7 2012, 06:07 PM

Hungry4info Could it have something to do with the CCD? Maybe ... Jun 7 2012, 07:13 PM

Holder of the Two Leashes Got to watch the transit under perfect skies at Ba... Jun 8 2012, 05:41 AM

bill davis Here is a cross view stereo pair of the Venus tran... Jun 8 2012, 06:38 AM

Oersted QUOTE (bill davis @ Jun 8 2012, 08:38 AM)... Jun 9 2012, 11:26 PM

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