Venus is transiting again.

**bless 'em all** · 31 May 2012, 12:03

It looks like it's going to be cloudy so I guess the chances of seeing it here is pretty remote.

I'll wait for the next one.

**cojak** · 31 May 2012, 12:22

Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

Transiting at about 5 a.m. 6th June then.

The Transit of Venus (press release)

I was fixing fruit machines for a crust when the last one happened.

Sounds serious..

**TimberWolf** · 31 May 2012, 13:08

Exquisite bad timing for the UK. A seven hour transit starting not long after after sunset and we just get to see the tail end of it in the early morning. If it doesn't cloud over.

**BrilloPad** · 31 May 2012, 13:22

That should help hide Nibiru.

**TimberWolf** · 5 June 2012, 21:56

4 minutes to go.

BBC News - Venus about to cross Sun's face
Where to See the Transit of Venus Online - Observing Highlights - SkyandTelescope.com
Tracking the transit of Venus

**TimberWolf** · 5 June 2012, 22:36

You can see how difficult it was for Cook to gauge second contact (Venus inside the Sun) accurately, as Venus smears into a teardrop shape at the interface, for about a minute IMO in this case.

**NotAllThere** · 6 June 2012, 05:26

I got a great photo last time, projecting the sun through one lens of a pair of binoculars onto a white sheet. Hmm. overcast here until noon.

**Doggy Styles** · 6 June 2012, 07:57

I missed it. Was it any good?

**TimberWolf** · 6 June 2012, 08:07

Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post

I missed it. Was it any good?

It was interesting from a historical perspective, imagining what it would have been like for captain James Cook (et al.) timing it in Tahiti. One of the streaming links I gave were going to go through the calculations they would ave done back in Blighty, at some point during the 7 hour streaming, but I didn't stick around long enough, but it was good.

Venus is transiting again.