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OT Venus transit today
For those with clear skies (not here) you can observe the planet Venus
cross in front of the sun this afternoon. It starts a little after 6 PM eastern time. This won't happen again for 105 years. Be sure to have eye protection such as welder's goggles. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44� 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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"---MIKE---" wrote in message ... For those with clear skies (not here) you can observe the planet Venus cross in front of the sun this afternoon. It starts a little after 6 PM eastern time. This won't happen again for 105 years. Be sure to have eye protection such as welder's goggles. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44� 15' N - Elevation 1580') Unfortunately, I don't own welder's goggles And it's raining. I won't be seeing Venus do anything with the sun today. Jill |
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---MIKE--- wrote:
For those with clear skies (not here) you can observe the planet Venus cross in front of the sun this afternoon. It starts a little after 6 PM eastern time. This won't happen again for 105 years. Be sure to have eye protection such as welder's goggles. Didn't this just happen a few years ago? And the next one isn't for 105 years? That's a pretty irregular schedule. One thing I've always noticed, though, is that when there's an unusual celestial event, people will say, "this won't happen for another big number of years!" and then I read about it coming up again a few years later. You might be right, of course. And I'm not really challenging your statement. It just always seems, to me, like these things happen a lot more often than we're told they're going to happen. -- Joyce Beauty and music seduce us first; later, ashamed of our own sensuality, we insist on meaning. -- Clive Barker |
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 23:55:37 +0000 (UTC), Bastette
wrote: ---MIKE--- wrote: For those with clear skies (not here) you can observe the planet Venus cross in front of the sun this afternoon. It starts a little after 6 PM eastern time. This won't happen again for 105 years. Be sure to have eye protection such as welder's goggles. Didn't this just happen a few years ago? And the next one isn't for 105 years? That's a pretty irregular schedule. One thing I've always noticed, though, is that when there's an unusual celestial event, people will say, "this won't happen for another big number of years!" and then I read about it coming up again a few years later. You might be right, of course. And I'm not really challenging your statement. It just always seems, to me, like these things happen a lot more often than we're told they're going to happen. I figure it's like the weather. Transits of Venus, eclipses, etc., are just not possible to predict more than a few days ahead, due to chaos theory and leprechauns and other factors. |
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Takayuki wrote:
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 23:55:37 +0000 (UTC), Bastette wrote: ---MIKE--- wrote: For those with clear skies (not here) you can observe the planet Venus cross in front of the sun this afternoon. It starts a little after 6 PM eastern time. This won't happen again for 105 years. Be sure to have eye protection such as welder's goggles. Didn't this just happen a few years ago? And the next one isn't for 105 years? That's a pretty irregular schedule. One thing I've always noticed, though, is that when there's an unusual celestial event, people will say, "this won't happen for another big number of years!" and then I read about it coming up again a few years later. You might be right, of course. And I'm not really challenging your statement. It just always seems, to me, like these things happen a lot more often than we're told they're going to happen. I figure it's like the weather. Transits of Venus, eclipses, etc., are just not possible to predict more than a few days ahead, due to chaos theory and leprechauns and other factors. I assume you're joking - I think those things are very predictable. I just think my sources (ie, the people who say "this is the last time in our life we can see this") might be mistaken. -- Joyce Beauty and music seduce us first; later, ashamed of our own sensuality, we insist on meaning. -- Clive Barker |
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[transits of Venus]
Didn't this just happen a few years ago? And the next one isn't for 105 years? That's a pretty irregular schedule. They tend to come in pairs a few years apart, as you may recall from the pair in 1892 BC and 1884 BC: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit...usCatalog.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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Jack Campin wrote:
[transits of Venus] Didn't this just happen a few years ago? And the next one isn't for 105 years? That's a pretty irregular schedule. They tend to come in pairs a few years apart, as you may recall from the pair in 1892 BC and 1884 BC: Yes, that's right - I should have remembered, having been there and all. Thanks for the reminder. -- Joyce I want freedom, the right to self expression, everyone's right to beautiful radiant things. -- Emma Goldman |
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On 6/5/2012 3:17 PM, jmcquown wrote:
"---MIKE---" wrote in message ... For those with clear skies (not here) you can observe the planet Venus cross in front of the sun this afternoon. It starts a little after 6 PM eastern time. This won't happen again for 105 years. Be sure to have eye protection such as welder's goggles. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44� 15' N - Elevation 1580') Unfortunately, I don't own welder's goggles And it's raining. I won't be seeing Venus do anything with the sun today. Jill The Sun was out and so was I and about 3,000 other people at the Sudekum Planetarium in Nashville, TN. Here are a couple of people shots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bud_hamblen/sets/72157630062798150/ OBrpca: Telescopes where the image is formed by a combination of mirrors and lenses are referred to as catadioptric telescopes, frequently shortened to _cats_. Bud |
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On 6/5/2012 6:55 PM, Bastette wrote:
---MIKE--- wrote: For those with clear skies (not here) you can observe the planet Venus cross in front of the sun this afternoon. It starts a little after 6 PM eastern time. This won't happen again for 105 years. Be sure to have eye protection such as welder's goggles. Didn't this just happen a few years ago? And the next one isn't for 105 years? That's a pretty irregular schedule. One thing I've always noticed, though, is that when there's an unusual celestial event, people will say, "this won't happen for anotherbig number of years!" and then I read about it coming up again a few years later. You might be right, of course. And I'm not really challenging your statement. It just always seems, to me, like these things happen a lot more often than we're told they're going to happen. Celestial events are the most regular things we know about. It will teach you humility to realize that the universe rolls on, whether you know or care about it or not. The universe certainly doesn't care about you. Transits of Venus occur in pairs eight years apart, but each pair of transits are separated by more than a century. Only eight of them have been seen by human eyes in all of recorded history. I feel fortunate that circumstances permitted me to see this one. Bud |
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On 6/6/2012 12:56 AM, Bastette wrote:
Takayuki wrote: On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 23:55:37 +0000 (UTC), wrote: ---MIKE--- wrote: For those with clear skies (not here) you can observe the planet Venus cross in front of the sun this afternoon. It starts a little after 6 PM eastern time. This won't happen again for 105 years. Be sure to have eye protection such as welder's goggles. Didn't this just happen a few years ago? And the next one isn't for 105 years? That's a pretty irregular schedule. One thing I've always noticed, though, is that when there's an unusual celestial event, people will say, "this won't happen for anotherbig number of years!" and then I read about it coming up again a few years later. You might be right, of course. And I'm not really challenging your statement. It just always seems, to me, like these things happen a lot more often than we're told they're going to happen. I figure it's like the weather. Transits of Venus, eclipses, etc., are just not possible to predict more than a few days ahead, due to chaos theory and leprechauns and other factors. I assume you're joking - I think those things are very predictable. I just think my sources (ie, the people who say "this is the last time in our life we can see this") might be mistaken. You might live another one hundred and five years, but I am not counting on it. Bud |
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