Transit of Venus

[marksx]

Another one from Mauna Kea should it crash:

http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/webcasts/nasaedge/

[turbobloke]

About 7 mins to kick off, if the link doesn't do the business we can look elsewhere.

As per marksx...thanks!

[turbobloke]

Bingo...

ETA marksx's link is doing the business, clear 'bite' visible now.

Edited by turbobloke on Tuesday 5th June 23:20

[marksx]

Magical!

[turbobloke]

[turbobloke]

Bedazzled said:

Haven't they got a filter that makes the sun look... yellow??

Try this

http://events.slooh.com/

[Mr Noble]

Here is a nice yellow one on Nasa APOD page. It's updating every 15 mins.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120605.html

[turbobloke]

[Eric Mc]

Some great pictures there. Got up early this morning to see if there was any point in having a go at looking at the transit but there was too much cloud cover.

At least I got a good look at the 2004 transit.

[RichyBoy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

Why does it become see-thru as it goes past the sun?

[Eric Mc]

Presumably an artefact of the camera and the wavelngth the planet is being observed in.

[Mr Noble]

Wow - amazing images.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=ends...

[Pesty]

Mr Noble said:

Wow - amazing images.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=ends...

That is fantastic

[drgav2005]

Bedazzled said:

Nasa highlights of the transit here.

HDR version of this is now my new desktop - amazing image

[rxtx]

RichyBoy said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

Why does it become see-thru as it goes past the sun?

Are you referring to the aureole?

http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/observing/aureole/

[turbobloke]

If waiting for both the next transit of Venus and anti-ageing pills seems futile, don't forget to add the forthcoming transit of Mercury to your diary. The timing is more favourable to the UK so we might even get to see it

09 May 2016 Start 11:12 End 18:42 (GMT)

[Eric Mc]

Ive never managed to see Mercury at all so a transit might be the best opportunity. How often do transits of Mercury occur?

[jmorgan]

Not often.....
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/Mercu...

[marksx]

What would you need to be able to see Mercury?

[don4l]

marksx said:

What would you need to be able to see Mercury?

A lot of people use Baader Film over the end of a telescope.
http://www.baader-planetarium.com/sofifolie/sofi_s...

However, Mercury is both smaller than Venus and further away. The result is that its apparent diameter is a fifth of Venus. So, it will be little more than a dot through most instruments.

Don
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