Transit of Venus

[Tom Dunlap]

Grab your arc welding helmets and get a horizon view at sunset next week!

Venus will cross between us and the sun, The Transit of Venus. This doesn't happen very often.

Even if you're not an astronomer I think that this is a cool event to witness.

Find out if/when you can see it:

http://earthsky.org/tonight/last-evening-pairing-of-the-moon-and-venus-on-may-22

 

[oldoakman]

Cool!! I'll be looking for it for sure! We have an active Space and Science Museum here that I'm sure will have observation points advertised.

 

[surveyor]

Nasa photo.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120609.html

 

[MisterSir]

It was overcast here. I'll have to catch the next one.

 

[Toparboring]

2117 next time good luck , sorry had to throw that in there I missed it too.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I had an eye on the time and kept stepping out of the workshop as the sun was lowering. When I was driving out of the shop a thick bank of clouds was moving in from the west and swallowed the sun! I jumped out with my welding helmet and quickly looked at the sun...as it disappeared

 

[GlennButler]

Transit of a Tie Fighter?

Not the Transit of Venus, but a cool shot nevertheless, taken during a recent eclipse in January 2011. The duration of the space station transit was less than a second. Not much time to snap the picture.

 

[jomoco]

Something that beautiful and awe inspiring needs a sound track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK3zcleL-4U&feature=youtube_gdata_player

George's King!

jomoco

 

[sean_freeman]

Some pics from a day spent with friends (yeh day off!) watching a small dot cross the sun....

Thanks to Jan's partner David for applying his professional scientific skill set to making the transit visible...

 

[sean_freeman]

Pic 2

 

[sean_freeman]

Pic 3

 

[sean_freeman]

Pic 4

 

[sean_freeman]

Pic 5

A really nice day, good wine good food and Holst!!!

Most excellent....