Venus observed

I've just done the binoculars projecting onto a piece of paper trick - I love astronomy but was similarly unmoved.



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Just done the same.

I don't think I'll bother next time /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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Same here, through my sextant. Now I know what a · looks like.

Greatest excitement occurred when initial experiment with binoculars set fire to the paper I was trying to focus on.
 
Thank goodness - thought I might be missing something. Cannot even see the sun around this dark side of the planet let alone Venus transiting it.

John

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Damm I missed it. When's the next one?
Are Transits like Buses, you wait for two hundred years then three come together?

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I think the next one is in about 8 years time - but you'll have to go to Australia to see it (hint - I'm not sure it would be worth it).

Next one visible in Northern Hemisphere is >100yrs

BTW I caught the tail end of a TV report a couple of days ago which was saying that from observing the transit of Venus it was possible to work out how far away the sun was - does anyone know how that works?


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They come in pairs, the next being in 2012 which is visible here in NZ - I don't know about in UK but would assume not you must then being on the dark side. The next pair is 100 or something years after, so sorry about that, although as Ken says I am sure we aren't missing much.

{Edit: had a check - 2012 one is on 6 June and is visible from some of Europe and the next pair of Venus transits occur on Dec 11 2117 and Dec 08 2125}

John

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John your a mine of information, but as I said in my post, ' are they like buses?'

Do you have the times for the No.65 to Surbiton?

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I think, you have to observe from two places on Earth. Time the Transit and with the angle of the Sun triangulate to get the distance.
That's why James Cook went to Tahiti. To get as far away as possible for the observation.

Can you tell I'm guessing?

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Whit the hell is all this crap, everyone knows Venus is the goddess of love and emerged from the Clyde at Barassie .. also known as NuddyBotty

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Number 65 bus

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/user/AHF/JP06__00004ccb.pdf>Here</A>. But it only goes as far as Kingston............. /forums/images/icons/crazy.gif

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She was pulled out of a Nestle chocolate drink, not the Clyde, and lost her arms someplace.

John

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Dunno what you're complaining about. I took my welding glass into work. "Hey, come and look at this, lads". They did. Then they looked at me with that strange, bewildered look that says it all!

Joe

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Shucks, I thought you had been peeping. It was the first time this year I sunbathed in my bikini!

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On this topic, <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Matt/pcMatt.jhtml>this</A> made me smile!

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