Venus Transit - Printable Version

Venus Transit - Printable Version

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Venus Transit by surfichris on 06-08-2004 at 05:46 AM

Venus is currently passing right between us here on earth and the sun. This is a rare effect and will not occur again until 2012 then approximatly 100 years after. It last happened in 1882.

Nasa has put up a page here about it: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday/2004/index_vthome.htm

There are also numerous live webcasts and streams to watch this event..

I think its pretty cool

RE: Venus Transit by martin on 06-08-2004 at 06:16 AM

sounds niffty, but im problay gonna miss it

RE: Venus Transit by Weyzza on 06-08-2004 at 06:17 AM

That would be very cool.

I know that a magazine offers a tour to Africa to watch the transit, because the ransit is best viewed from there.
But that is quite expensive I guess.

RE: Venus Transit by Mike on 06-08-2004 at 06:50 AM

Darn...
I wanted to make this topic... :blah:
Oh well...
Guess im gonna make it on other forums :banana:

Btw:
Here's a live video... :
http://telescope.astro.auth.gr/venus_video.htm

Does it work for you?

RE: Venus Transit by Pipish on 06-08-2004 at 06:52 AM

yeh its kool we were talking about it in school

RE: Venus Transit by Weyzza on 06-08-2004 at 06:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike2
Does it work for you?

The clip plays, but it is blank (all black) :-/

RE: Venus Transit by Mike on 06-08-2004 at 06:59 AM

quote:
Originally posted by thekid

quote:
Originally posted by Mike2
Does it work for you?
The clip plays, but it is blank (all black)

Yep thats what also happens to me...
But it works fine on another computer...

Well...
My uncle has a telescope and now he is probably taking photos of this rare event...
Well i'll ask him for the photos he got, and then i'll upload them here :banana:

Edit: More live transits! :banana:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de...e%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN This website has other websites which have the venus transit live.

http://www.ip.pt/coaa/transit.htm This page should automaticly refresh about every minute with a new picture.

RE: Venus Transit by Blair on 06-08-2004 at 08:04 AM

Sounds cool, but ill prob forget and realise a week l8er

RE: Venus Transit by surfichris on 06-08-2004 at 08:26 AM

Umm.. its happening now and well.. I'm pretty sure its actually over.

RE: Venus Transit by Mike on 06-08-2004 at 09:08 AM

The first pic my uncle sent me...
[Image: attachment.php?pid=260332]
He said that he took it with his digital camera! :shocked:

I suppose now he is taking with his telescope...

RE: Venus Transit by surfichris on 06-08-2004 at 09:12 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike2
He said that he took it with his digital camera!

No, you cant get realy decent or anything really half decent with a camera because of the amount of light the sun generates..

He would have had his telescope and used the camera on it somehow..

RE: Venus Transit by fluffy_lobster on 06-08-2004 at 10:30 AM

How ironic Windows media player shows a little sun icon when streaming the footage sent by Mike2

[Image: attachment.php?pid=260352]

RE: Venus Transit by paperless on 06-08-2004 at 11:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike2

quote:
Originally posted by thekid

quote:
Originally posted by Mike2
Does it work for you?

http://www.ip.pt/coaa/transit.htm This page should automaticly refresh about every minute with a new picture.
It's a portuguese page!

lol venus is almost in the end i joined two pics and wrote a text:

RE: Venus Transit by Pr0xY on 06-23-2004 at 09:08 PM

I saw this, but hardly. I looked at the sun and could barely see it, then I stopped because I could feel my eyes melting.