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Offline ghi

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Venus transit across the SUN
« on: June 05, 2012, 02:59:56 PM »
Live streaming here on NASA website from 3:45 PM PT today;

http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/
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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2012, 06:24:11 PM »
Here's a picture I took with my cell phone. I'm focusing the image through binoculars onto a sheet of paper. Binoculars in one hand, cell phone in the other.  :D

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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2012, 06:27:26 PM »
Quote from: ImADot on June 05, 2012, 06:24:11 PM
Here's a picture I took with my cell phone. I'm focusing the image through binoculars onto a sheet of paper. Binoculars in one hand, cell phone in the other.  :D

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Ok Im 99% sure you just put a magic marker . on a hard boiled egg...
 :rofl
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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2012, 06:31:45 PM »
Quote from: RedBull1 on June 05, 2012, 06:27:26 PM
Ok Im 99% sure you just put a magic marker . on a hard boiled egg...
 :rofl

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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 07:10:58 PM »
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Quote from: RedBull1 on June 05, 2012, 06:27:26 PM
Ok Im 99% sure you just put a magic marker . on a hard boiled egg...
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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2012, 07:29:56 PM »
Quote from: ImADot on June 05, 2012, 06:24:11 PM
Here's a picture I took with my cell phone. I'm focusing the image through binoculars onto a sheet of paper. Binoculars in one hand, cell phone in the other.  :D

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  Nice shot! projection makes it looks like an egg. Just be careful don't look at sun through lenses, camera or binoculars. Venus is about same size like our planet;
comparation image;


..and this image was taken in last hour ; we are such a little ants living on a small piece of rock ;

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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2012, 07:38:55 PM »
Quote from: ghi on June 05, 2012, 07:29:56 PM
  Nice shot! projection makes it looks like an egg. Just be careful don't look at sun through lenses, camera or binoculars. Venus is about same size like our planet;
comparation image;
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..and this image was taken in last hour ; we are such a little ants living on a small piece of rock ;

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That last pic. is spectacular.  Thanks for posting...

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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2012, 08:06:10 PM »
Quote from: ghi on June 05, 2012, 07:29:56 PM
  Nice shot! projection makes it looks like an egg.

Yeah, the hazards of leaning the paper on the steps and juggling the binoculars and camera freehand. Tough to get everything perpendicular for perfect circles. But, as they say, "close enough for gov't work". At least you can see what you're supposed to be able to see.  :D
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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2012, 11:42:41 PM »
Quote from: ImADot on June 05, 2012, 08:06:10 PM
Yeah, the hazards of leaning the paper on the steps and juggling the binoculars and camera freehand. Tough to get everything perpendicular for perfect circles. But, as they say, "close enough for gov't work". At least you can see what you're supposed to be able to see.  :D

I did that without the camera, felt real smart.  Got two passerbyes to say "wow".
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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2012, 07:00:07 AM »
Quote from: ghi on June 05, 2012, 07:29:56 PM
..and this image was taken in last hour ; we are such a little ants living on a small piece of rock ;

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stunning image :cool:  any idea what wavelength that was taken at?
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Re: Venus transit across the SUN
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2012, 11:03:17 AM »
Quote from: RTHolmes on June 06, 2012, 07:00:07 AM
stunning image :cool:  any idea what wavelength that was taken at?
The link i posted is direct refreshing, (i don't know how to delete it), was initialy showing showing the Venus transit;
I don't know if this images are only UV or a combination;  the image was taken by NASA SDO probe from geostationary orbit , has instruments/telescopes onboard in white, ultraviolet and extreme UV with diferent filters. They posted this video of the Venus transit last evening;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdHM55XDhJ0
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