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 May 21 2012, 02:42 AM
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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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Jun 8 2012, 06:38 AM
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Here is a cross view stereo pair of the Venus transit with some air traffic.
Bigger version on my Flickr stream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/billdavis6959/ -------------------- |
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Jun 9 2012, 11:26 PM
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QUOTE (bill davis @ Jun 8 2012, 08:38 AM)  Here is a cross view stereo pair of the Venus transit with some air traffic. What a catch, wauw! Sun photographer extraordinaire Thierry Legault also caught some traffic in his Venus transit shot: The Hubble! http://www.astrophoto.fr/ (All his sun pics are amazing, btw...) |
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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 |
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