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Venus transit 5 June 2012

Started by The Thing, Feb 21, 2011, 22:01:19

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MarkS

I'm in Dordogne, ready to drive through tomorrow night to an (as yet undecided) location.

Rick

Southgate ARN has a list of nandy sites sould you find your location clouded out (or in darkness) but have a Net connection...

See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2012/watch_venus_transit_online.htm

mickw

Anybody succeed ?

I woke up at 5:30 just in time to see the clouds
Growing Old is mandatory - Growing Up is optional

Rick

Quote from: mickw on Jun 05, 2012, 09:01:12I woke up at 5:30 just in time to see the clouds

Try again tomorrow morning...

MarkS

Mick, you were 24 hours too early!!!  This thread has a confusing title.

I'm thinking Brittany/Normandy for tomorrow a.m.

Mike

Carole put the wrong date on the thread. It is tomorrow morning, the 6th.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

Carole

Quote
QuoteCarole put the wrong date on the thread.
Er...... if you look back at the thread starter you will find it was not me.

Carole

Mike

Sorry, Duncan did.

It's the 5th for USA and 6th for Europe.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan

The Thing

Quote from: Carole on Jun 05, 2012, 10:31:01
Quote
QuoteCarole put the wrong date on the thread.
Er...... if you look back at the thread starter you will find it was not me.

Carole
It was me and the Transit starts on the 5th... Just 'cos we are in a cloudy country too far off the track to see it all doesn't mean the date is wrong !!!)

Fay

Good luck to all who are travelling to see the transit
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Rocket Pooch

its not cloudy here at the moment, but i'm not looking forward to getting up either.

Tony G

Weather not looking to promising. :cry: :cry:

Tony G
"I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman." - Homer Simpson

Rocket Pooch

Nice and clear here, we have just stopped watching it, pop quiz how many astro photographers does it take to image the transit?


Rick

Gaps in cloud allowed tail end of transit from just before 3rd contact to be seen from Orpington...  :D

julian

QuoteGaps in cloud allowed tail end of transit from just before 3rd contact to be seen from Orpington

some from Sidcup   :lol:

Quotepop quiz how many astro photographers does it take to image the transit?
one

    :cheesy: