Wednesday from 8:30am ish in Oz. But forecast is cloudy in Melbourne. :(
C
On 04/06/2012, at 6:26 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
. . . in North America. Wednesday in some other parts of the world. In any
case, last chance until 2117:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120603.html
For a rough observing guide, including precautions to take when observing the
Sun any time:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/Transit-of-Venus-February-2012-134332798.html
Basically, first contact occurs right after 6pm EDT, 5pm CDT, 4pm MDT, 3pm
PDT, so you want to be in place with your equipment if any ready before that
time. For more information, check out the links in and below that article
and those shown on the right-hand side of the page. (Some may be duplicates
of others.)
Detailed times and such available here:
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/VenusTransitCalculator.html
though it seems to be busy and taking awhile to load today. Keep trying.
If it's cloudy where you are, one place to watch the event live on-line is:
http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/
Other links here:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/Where-to-See-the-Transit-of-Venus-Online-154213475.html
though if previous events are any guide, many of the live sites will probably
experience a lot of traffic during the transit and may be slow, drop
connections, etc., so, again, keep trying.
Also, by coincidence, there's a partial eclipse of the moon tomorrow morning,
beginning almost exactly 36 hours before the transit begins (i.e., 6:00 a.m.
EDT, 5:00 CDT, 4:00 MDT, and 3:00 PDT). Again, the further west you are in
North America, the more you will see. More at
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/Partial-Eclipse-of-the-Moon-ar-Dawn-June-4th-143680466.html.
. . . ronn! :)
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