On Jun 9, 2004, at 6:40 PM, Bob W wrote:
There are some very dramatic photos here:
http://www.davidcortner.com/astro/vtransit/
which is a link on the Astro Photo of the Day page:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Theres a good pic on Spaceweather.com as well.
Cheers,
Cotty wrote:
I'll have to wait until next time as it was after sunset
here. I think
the next transit (8 years away) will be better for NZ provided the
weather is good.
It's my understanding that the next transit will be in 2247
Wow! And we moan about Pentax introducing new models,
On 9/6/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, offered:
I'll have to wait until next time as it was after sunset
here. I think
the next transit (8 years away) will be better for NZ provided the
weather is good.
It's my understanding that the next transit will be in 2247
Wow! And
Transits of Venus occur in pairs with more than a century separating each
pair. They currently recur at intervals of 8, 105.5, 8 and 121.5 years.
Since the invention of the telescope (1610), there have only been six
transits. In contrast, there are 13 transits of Mercury each century. The
last
Hi,
Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 6:25:18 AM, Anders wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Steve Sharpe wrote:
I'm going to try through my Celestron 5...though it is raining here
right now...
It's raining here too, but I have just gotten access to a fast car and a
driver, and will soon ride some 100 miles
-Original Message-
From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2004 2:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Transit of Venus
Hi,
Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 6:25:18 AM, Anders wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Steve Sharpe wrote:
I'm going to try through my Celestron 5
Not photograph it,but i tried to find our old Rolofspprisim that fits on a Leica
Transit
that allows sun
observations,but its no were to be found. :-(
Bummer.
Dave
Will anyone here try to photograph the Transit
of Venus that will take
place in some
Anders Hultman wrote:
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Bob W wrote:
It's raining here too, but I have just gotten access to a fast car and a
driver, and will soon ride some 100 miles west to try to catch it there.
well, just for once the UK has bright clear skies on the day of a
celestial display. I
I saw it as well, partially, thru clouds and some short moments of
almost clear sky. Shot a few pictures thru our club telescope
(150/2063 refractor equipped with a solar filter) with my LX.
The disk of Venus looked pretty big compared to my memory of the
small disk of Mercury when in transit
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Kevin Waterson wrote:
Will anyone here try to photograph the Transit of Venus that will take
place in some eight hours? (05:19 to 11:22 GMT)
I was curious as to what methods people are using to photograph
the sun like this. My 1,000,000X ND filter is missing.
I have a
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Henri Toivonen wrote:
I managed to see it too, after all. Took one roll of b/w and one roll of
color neg film with a 400mm lens.
Damn, we had a really cloudy day up here in Haparanda. Was it nice?
It was raining heavily in Stockholm so at 6:30 it was time to think of a
Anders Hultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Will anyone here try to photograph the Transit of Venus that
will take
place in some eight hours? (05:19 to 11:22 GMT)
The weather forecast here in Stockholm doesn't look to good,
so I may well
miss it, but if the sky is clear tomorrow, I will set up a
Hi,
Monday, June 7, 2004, 11:12:48 PM, Gianfranco wrote:
Anders Hultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Will anyone here try to photograph the Transit of Venus that
will take
place in some eight hours? (05:19 to 11:22 GMT)
The weather forecast here in Stockholm doesn't look to good,
so I may
On 7 Jun 2004 at 23:37, Bob W wrote:
you can see a re-animated movie of the last one here:
http://sunearth1.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday/2004/index_vthome.htm
Or a live webcast from:
http://www.transit.csiro.au/
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT) +10 Hours
I'm going to try through my Celestron 5...though it is raining here
right now...
At 11:34 PM +0200 6/7/04, Anders Hultman wrote:
Will anyone here try to photograph the Transit of Venus that will take
place in some eight hours? (05:19 to 11:22 GMT)
The weather forecast here in Stockholm doesn't
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Steve Sharpe wrote:
I'm going to try through my Celestron 5...though it is raining here
right now...
It's raining here too, but I have just gotten access to a fast car and a
driver, and will soon ride some 100 miles west to try to catch it there.
anders
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