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Venus transit 5 June 2012

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

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mickw

Quote from: doug on May 21, 2012, 08:13:55
Bugger...... I shall have to miss that one.  I won`t be available..... :!

Doug.

I don't think any of us will be available for the next one  :(
Growing Old is mandatory - Growing Up is optional

Tony G

Quote from: mickw on May 21, 2012, 09:46:41
I don't think any of us will be available for the next one  :(

Don't forget Mick, there are still some of us young ones about!  ;)

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

mickw

Growing Old is mandatory - Growing Up is optional

Fay

we will all be keeping our appointment with Him upstairs by then    :(
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

mickw

Growing Old is mandatory - Growing Up is optional

Fay

It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

mickw

Growing Old is mandatory - Growing Up is optional

MarkS

Just looked at the planetarium software.  At 4:30 GMT  (5:30 BST,  6:30 European time) Venus starts to move off the sun's disk.  The sun is only 5degrees above the horizon at this time.

My suggestion is to find a high point with little likelihood of mist or haze at the horizon.  Joss Bay might suffer from sea mist.

My plan is to consult the weather forecast the evening beforehand and then drive to a likely viewing point to arrive before dawn.  This is what I did for the total eclipse in 1999 - I ended up having to catch a last minute ferry to France to drive to the only patch of predicted clear sky within easy reach!  I did manage to see the total eclipse  8)

MarkS

Quote from: mickw on May 21, 2012, 17:42:38
Death Star Canteen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw

Dunno what this has to do with the Venus transit but it certainly is laugh out loud funny!

julian

If the weather is clear I am meeting the Crayford lot at Joss Bay at around 3am. If anyone wants to join us you are more than welcome.  I will be leaving straight after the transit to go to work.   Send me a pm if you need my mobile number.

Cheers
Julian

Mike

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

julian


The Thing

Hi Julian, see you all there.

Don't forget it's £1.10 for the car park for the night :roll:. Stingy local gits :alien:.

Rocket Pooch

Well we are in the south of France waiting for it with a Lunt scope  :squirrel:

mickw

Are French clouds more transparent than English clouds ?
Growing Old is mandatory - Growing Up is optional