Venus

[davyuk]

Anyone here watch the old girl wander in front of our local star today?

I watched it (using precautions). Though it was just a tiny dot, it was quite an experience.

 

[Mistermystery]

Anyone here watch the old girl wander in front of our local star today?

I watched it (using precautions). Though it was just a tiny dot, it was quite an experience.

I took a couple of pictures, with a nice analoge cam and a telescope, I do hope that they turn out okay... I even made one with my digi-cam and a short exposure time, but those haven't got the same impact as my analoge has (at least I hope so). It was fairly hot and clear here, so there's bound to be a couple of good ones between them.

 

[Mistyfogg]

Unfortunately, where I live, it could not be viewed (the west coast). But I plan on looking up the pictures because the last time it happened was over 100 years ago!

 

[funyun]

We weren't able to see it where I live because we don't have a clear horizon. No worries tho, if u haven't seen it, u still have one more chance in 8 years. After that tho, it won't come back in our lifetimes.

 

[Aduro Amnis]

Alas, I had no protective glasses and a cloud moved in at 6:20

 

[Mistermystery]

We weren't able to see it where I live because we don't have a clear horizon. No worries tho, if u haven't seen it, u still have one more chance in 8 years. After that tho, it won't come back in our lifetimes.

Yeah what he said

 

[Validus]

Still (SMACK!) smacking (SMACK!) myself (SMACK!) for (SMACK!) missing it!

See you in 8 years, babe....

 

[Stellar Vision]

Fog! All morning!! Obscured what would've been a stellar view. I'm going to Hawaii next time!

 

[Ron21647]

Fog! All morning!! Obscured what would've been a stellar view. I'm going to Hawaii next time!

we had fog also. Here is a picture from Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040609.html

Ron

 

[Jet Black]

no news reports of people losing their eyesight like there were with the eclipse

 

[Mistermystery]

we had fog also. Here is a picture from Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040609.html

Ron

I urge you all to look at that dot link (venusvoordezon.nl) it has some beauties of shots, mostly from astronomers here in Holland

 

[Stellar Vision]

we had fog also.

Yes I understand is was clouded over much of the East coast that morning, though I didn't check the weather channel. Most of the people I knew who were also out reported clouds as well.

I can at least take comfort in the fact that I did not mearly choose a bad location; I can just blame it on the weather and not myself.

 

[Hydra009]

Anyone here watch the old girl wander in front of our local star today?

I watched it (using precautions). Though it was just a tiny dot, it was quite an experience.

I actually woke up before sunrise yesterday to see it. Most of my family made Venus out, but I managed to repeatedly blind myself without seeing Venus. D'OH! Oh well, it was still pretty enjoyable just to watch the sun rise.

 

[Osiris]

I wasn't able to see it because I live in Venus.... darn!
brb my AC just turned off !!!