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Title: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: loriecampbell on June 06, 2012, 06:08:52 am
I really wanted to see the Venus transit but it was way too cloudy and raining most of the day. Anyone here have any luck with it?  :star:  :star:  :star:
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: pjlicari17 on June 06, 2012, 06:16:04 am
I saw it on the news!  The pictures were great, and better then with my naked eye!  (PLUS, I didn't have to wear sunscreen to see it!)  ;D

 :peace:
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: kapeh12 on June 06, 2012, 01:15:04 pm
It was cloudy where I lived too, plus had to perform at a concert - sun was mostly down by the time the concert was over.

I did log onto NASA's website and watched as much as I could from their live streaming event.  Listening to the scientists giddy as school kids as Venus ingressed was awesome - I was pretty giddy myself watching the incredible images from SDO.

For anyone who missed it, NASA posted a great video showing several views of the event captured from SDO in the various wavelengths.  And for anyone who is curious about why Venus sometimes looks transparent/translucent - it's due to optical "ghosting" effect when the SDO buffers/sensors didn't completely clear before taking the next picture.  The craft did not take "video", these are individual pictures strung together to make a "video" of the event (lots 'o pictures).

Hope you enjoy the presentation - I know I did!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9rM8ChTjY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9rM8ChTjY)
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: smithjcsdfw on June 06, 2012, 02:20:07 pm
Dang I missed both this and the solar eclipse.  Glad that the NASA folks and JPL keep their pictures online.
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: falcon9 on June 06, 2012, 04:52:05 pm
Quote from: pjlicari17 on June 06, 2012, 06:16:04 am
I saw it on the news!  The pictures were great, and better then with my naked eye!  (PLUS, I didn't have to wear sunscreen to see it!)  ;D

I'd search for experimental evidence that putting sunscreen in one's eyes is worse than looking directly at the sun to see the Venus transit however, common sense prevailed.
 8)
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: sfister65 on June 06, 2012, 05:23:29 pm
Quote from: loriecampbell on June 06, 2012, 06:08:52 am
I really wanted to see the Venus transit but it was way too cloudy and raining most of the day. Anyone here have any luck with it?  :star:  :star:  :star:
I missed it.  :-[
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: luvh8tragedy87 on June 06, 2012, 05:27:44 pm
It was cloudy and raining all day yesterday. On my facebook that seemed to be happening to a lot of my friends who are in various parts of the US. I'll have to look at the pics later.
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: ship1015 on June 06, 2012, 05:44:09 pm
no i wanted to but it was too cloudy.
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: beatsdrop on June 07, 2012, 09:50:40 pm
It was cloudy. :( Thankfully I watched via NASA TV.
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: davidh121 on June 07, 2012, 10:35:33 pm
I only saw in the news. I briefly took a quick glance in the direction of the sun, but I didn't have any sunshades to begin with so I guess this wouldn't have mattered. I guess I'll need to wait another 100+ years.
Title: Re: Anyone able to see the Venus Transit?
Post by: mstevenson2 on June 07, 2012, 11:09:25 pm
no it was cloudy here in utah