Do you plan on watching Venus pass in front of the sun today? It won't happen again for 105 years!
Do you plan on watching Venus pass in front of the sun today?
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Oh, that's neat, I didn't know about it. But I don't have anything to safely look through. Maybe if I can rig up a pinhole camera.
06/05/2012
What time I didn't know anythign about it
06/05/2012
Yep! NASA has live webcasts. I won't attempt to watch it outside.
06/05/2012
Thanks for the thread, I had no idea about this. Might have to rig something up to watch it.
06/05/2012
I didn't know anything about it, thank you for mentioning it.
06/05/2012
It's difficult to see without magnification because Venus is so small. I reccommend watching here: link
06/05/2012
We hope so. It all depends on whether the sky will be clear by then or not, we've been having some crazy weather here the past few days; if lucky, my husband might be able to capture it in his pictures.
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I'm going to check out this link, thank you!
Originally posted by
ghalik
It's difficult to see without magnification because Venus is so small. I reccommend watching here: link
06/05/2012
Have to watch it online - there's no way we can see anything through this cloud-cover.
06/05/2012
Nope, not too interested
06/05/2012
i'd like to
06/05/2012
When? where?
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June 5, 2012, 5:45pm.
Originally posted by
Talena
When? where?
It's been overcast here since noon so I'm hoping I can watch it online.
06/05/2012
Rigged up a spotting scope with a welding shade and held my camera to the eye piece. Works pretty good.
I'll post more as I get them.
I'll post more as I get them.
06/05/2012
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Brilliant, Tim!
Originally posted by
ToyTimeTim
Rigged up a spotting scope with a welding shade and held my camera to the eye piece. Works pretty good.
I'll post more as I get them.
I'll post more as I get them.
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Very cool! We still have a ton of cumulus clouds blocking the sun, hope we'll be able to get a shot before sunset.
Originally posted by
ToyTimeTim
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Hope you do too! This has been a great, unique experience for us, kids are loving it.
Originally posted by
Rossie
Very cool! We still have a ton of cumulus clouds blocking the sun, hope we'll be able to get a shot before sunset.
Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Cool photos, thanks Tim! I considered using a welding mask but I read that it's not safe because it's not dark enough? I don't know... webcast is fine for me.
Originally posted by
ToyTimeTim
Hope you do too! This has been a great, unique experience for us, kids are loving it.
Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Hope you do too! This has been a great, unique experience for us, kids are loving it.
Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Depends on the shade, I used a #14 glass. It was still pretty bright so I limited our viewing. I'm also watching the web cast here. Kind of cool to see where it is here compared to Hawaii.
Originally posted by
ghalik
Cool photos, thanks Tim! I considered using a welding mask but I read that it's not safe because it's not dark enough? I don't know... webcast is fine for me.
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Thank you for posting this Tim!
Originally posted by
ToyTimeTim
Hope you do too! This has been a great, unique experience for us, kids are loving it.
Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Hope you do too! This has been a great, unique experience for us, kids are loving it.
Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Unfortunately I missed seeing it with my own two eyes.
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Yeah, I read that the safest minimum was 15 but I have 5, so I'm not going to risk it.
Originally posted by
ToyTimeTim
Depends on the shade, I used a #14 glass. It was still pretty bright so I limited our viewing. I'm also watching the web cast here. Kind of cool to see where it is here compared to Hawaii.
I'm watching the Hawaii too. It's supposedly a prime location for this. Good this they already have good equipment there! lol
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SO freaking cool! I used to have a telescope filter, but it's lost. I was going to make a pin hole projector (I've made them for solar eclipses) and then I got a killer migraine this afternoon and all our plans went on hold.
Originally posted by
ToyTimeTim
Hope you do too! This has been a great, unique experience for us, kids are loving it.
Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Hope you do too! This has been a great, unique experience for us, kids are loving it.
Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Here is my last pic before the trees and clouds covered it up.
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Thank you so much for posting this. I really wanted to see it.
For anyone in the west who wants to look, don't look at the sun unless you have a Number 14 welder's glass or darker or a sun filter for your telescope rated for actual sun viewing. DAMN, I used to have one of these. I wish I had found out about it in time to order an other filter for our telescope.
06/05/2012
Tim, awesome pics! Thank you for sharing with us!
06/06/2012
I followed it a little on the web - its cool, but I don't see any real significance in it.
06/06/2012
Didn't know about it until now, but the pics look cool.
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Nope no interest
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I watched a webcast.
06/06/2012
I didn't know about that. I love that kind of stuff, thanks for sharing your pictures!
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