Saw the 2004 transit from the UK from the top of a local hill. A very pretty sight. Not as mind-blowing as the solar corona during a total eclipse, but still something that I knew I'd only get one other chance to see. In typical UK style, the days either side of the event were clear and sunny, whilst the morning itself was almost stormy. Ah well. Here I come, next transit visible in the UK!
Whoever missed it here's what you would have saw. The Sun was an Orange Circular Disc, Venus was a small round silhouette with a few other dark patches called Sunspots.
6:09 East Coast. And unless things clear up in the Philly/NJ/NYC area, we won't see squat! Crystal clear this morning only to become overcast by noon. (BRIEF glipses of sun through the cloud deck) Seriously bummed..been looking forward to this...took test shots on Sat of the sun. I have the camera, the filters, 300mm lens, 2X extender to shoot it. I'll see, still have 3 hours until it starts, roughy 5 hours until sunset.
I made a good solar observatory just for this event. Now it looks like we will have thunderstorms all day today where I live in the south east US. :( At least I can watch it live online. :)
In N. Colorado our Astro-Society- NCAS had 3 viewing groups. Fossil Crk Res. where I was, we had ~10 scopes, refractors, CAT's, Newtonian's, even a projector, which was a VERY nice view of a 6" disk. White light & H_a, & clouds, We saw 1-2 contacts, then clouds in and out most of the time, w/a wild flurry of eyes to the scope when it cleared of several minutes. Best sight, seeing Venus setting on the Rocky Mounts. in the middle of a H_a Sun! ~70 folks showed up at our 'party'. Think cosmic !!
inspirational, right so thats why i was confused and thinking this was a moon without the craters haha right,.. so the cap is filtering the brightness, but no more info on the 'ufo' ? to me it just looks like a little planet passing by or so, .. and does someone know what the dotted line over the sun exactly is.
Y movidos por esa idea se organizaron expediciones alrededor del mundo para ver el par de tránsitos de los años 1760, y se le ha llamado a esos experimentos "El programa Apolo del siglo 18", pero solo fue una buena idea, porque el mal clima y los primitivos instrumentos ópticos así como la "Atmósfera de Venus" hicieron que se dispersaran los datos que se necesitaban. Pero hoy las cosas son muy diferentes y quizás lo serán muchísimo más para el 2117 cuando ocurra el fenómeno otra vez...
A partir del minuto 1:28 este video de la NASA comienza a describir cómo el Tránsito de Venus ganó la atención mundial en el siglo 18 cuando uno de los grandes misterios de la ciencia era la medida del Sistema Solar, qué distancia había entre dos planetas: Venus fue la clave, de acuerdo al astrónomo Sir Edmund Halley. El pensó que midiendo un espacio aquí en la Tierra de la observación del Tránsito frente al Sol se podría triangular la distancia a Venus y esta idea galvanizó a los científicos.
Must be referring to the Pyramid of Kukulcan/Quetzalcoatl at Chichen Itza sun-Pleiades-zenith conjunction, that very same day May 20. The event this Pyramid was built for. The Mayan myth says that this messiah Kukulcan, like Jesus, would return... and this astronomical event symbolizes him taking his throne on Earth, I guess. On top of that... two separate crop circles supposedly showing the Tzolk'in/Mayan calendar, have pointed to/show May 20 2012. Weird no matter how you look at it.
I'm no rocket scientist. But why is his East and West in the opposite places on the diagram. You think that Nasa actually made a mistake on where the sun rises and falls. Hint: Clockwise, from the top... N, E, S, W. I'm just sayin' (Not... N, W, S, E)
Yeah, idk how they got those dates out of 'em... but I do think most CC are real, yet now sure what they are saying. I have no knowledge on how to read the Tzolk'in calendar, so I can only speculate on how those dates were arrived at.... videos/articles I've seen were not too descriptive about that aspect. Regardless... the Chichen Itza thing by itself is enough for me to be curious. NATO also meets in my city that day... so I just find everything kinda weird cause of that alone I guess.
Los que estemos vivos para Junio 5 del año dos mil doce seremos testigos del tránsito de Venus frente al disco solar, un evento que ocurre dos veces cada 120 años. Con este video la NASA describe el raro fenómeno y una vez que pase ya ninguno de los que para ese día estará vivo lo volverá a ver, pero la continuidad de la humanidad a pesar de la extinción de sus individuos asegurarán que para el 2117 cuando ocurra de nuevo, dos veces por siglo, se comentará cómo hoy (Junio 5) lo presenciamos.
You are a true representation of the mind of a scientist. But you are missing one thing though, the pride of being wrong. Admitting your mistake is highly regarded in the scientific community, and often leads to promotion. And for that I respect them.
This video made a false claim that it dangerous to stare directly into the sun, and I'm simply pointing that out. My character has nothing to do with that fact. And I don't really care if you call my life meaningless, I enjoy it all the same. Even with haters like yourself around. Good luck with your condesending attitude, I'm sure it will help you a lot.
A partir del minuto 0:52 se advierte de no mirar al Sol directamente y en el minuto 1:04 se sugiere que se use alguna técnica de proyección o un filtro solar como un vidrio de soldadores #14, y el video muestra estas técnicas para mirar al Sol; pero yo diré cuál es mi técnica para mirar al Sol, ¡perdón!, no es mi técnica. Los hindúes, los místicos y misteriosos hindúes, han desarrollado todo una teoría con su técnica de cómo mirar al Sol de manera segura; los místicos hindúes miran el Sol...
I did go to a opthamologist, and she stated that my vision was improved. So the sun is repairing my eye, not damaging it. I find it funny that you would never have the guts to even try looking at the sun, because proving yourself wrong would be a disaster for your misplaced confidence. You whole life would fall apart, so keep living in your dream and be like you've always been, comfortably ignorant...that suits you.
The Fucking clouds are Damn my worst enemies. I had 1 turn though. Earlier I was about to take a turn then A cloud cover ruined it. STUPID CLOUDS! STUPID DAMN CLOUDS!
MIT researchers concluded that wearing of a tinfoil hat only makes the possible brain influencing signals/frequencies worse... trapping them/acting like an antenna berkeley.intel-research (dot) net/arahimi/helmet/
Who knows? With the advances in the science of maintaining us alive artificially, maybe you will still be alive and wish you were dead. Or maybe you'll wish to stay alive another day so you could see it happening again.
We had some great views in Australia. It's an amazing sight!
Staring directly into the sun is not damaging for your eye. I do it every day and feel great about it. It's all about when and for how long.
Saw it from Lubbock, TX thru welding helmet. It appeared somewhat distorted but at times was perfectly round.
Saw the 2004 transit from the UK from the top of a local hill. A very pretty sight. Not as mind-blowing as the solar corona during a total eclipse, but still something that I knew I'd only get one other chance to see. In typical UK style, the days either side of the event were clear and sunny, whilst the morning itself was almost stormy. Ah well. Here I come, next transit visible in the UK!
I'm gonna see this at my college. I am NOT going to miss this.
Thank you for sharing this valuble educational video. Video explanation is simple and easily understood by all.
Here in Copenhagen it will be seen very early on June 6th. with the sunrise.
wow I have to watch for it on June 5th. Haha that is one of my best friend's birthday too. :)
No me lo pierdo!!!!
Whoever missed it here's what you would have saw. The Sun was an Orange Circular Disc, Venus was a small round silhouette with a few other dark patches called Sunspots.
Actually, it begins at 6:00 PM and lasts until midnight...
6:09 East Coast. And unless things clear up in the Philly/NJ/NYC area, we won't see squat! Crystal clear this morning only to become overcast by noon. (BRIEF glipses of sun through the cloud deck) Seriously bummed..been looking forward to this...took test shots on Sat of the sun. I have the camera, the filters, 300mm lens, 2X extender to shoot it. I'll see, still have 3 hours until it starts, roughy 5 hours until sunset.
I've already booked the day off work. :) I live in Vancouver though, if it's cloudy I won't be happy.
Is there any other way of seeing it without using the special stuff so u wont burn ur eyes out?
yes, from sunrise until the end of the transit.
Can anybody tell me the alternative to solar eclipse glasses shown in the video? The notepad ?
Beautiful but I'm pissed I missed it. It was horribly cloudy that day
I made a good solar observatory just for this event. Now it looks like we will have thunderstorms all day today where I live in the south east US. :( At least I can watch it live online. :)
Im so excited!
when is it in the uk, hope i haven't missed it
do you know any websites that will be broadcasting this event?
In N. Colorado our Astro-Society- NCAS had 3 viewing groups. Fossil Crk Res. where I was, we had ~10 scopes, refractors, CAT's, Newtonian's, even a projector, which was a VERY nice view of a 6" disk. White light & H_a, & clouds, We saw 1-2 contacts, then clouds in and out most of the time, w/a wild flurry of eyes to the scope when it cleared of several minutes. Best sight, seeing Venus setting on the Rocky Mounts. in the middle of a H_a Sun! ~70 folks showed up at our 'party'. Think cosmic !!
it just left the suns edge. And now is working its way toward the maximum transit (:
Its today baby cant wait 4 this... 6am to 2pm I think....
I wonder what this could trigger after
we were suffering from clouds but got glimpses of it.:)
What about Sweden, will we see it?
How can you watch it without looking at the sun and blinding yourself?
we will be there too!
inspirational, right so thats why i was confused and thinking this was a moon without the craters haha right,.. so the cap is filtering the brightness, but no more info on the 'ufo' ? to me it just looks like a little planet passing by or so, ..
and does someone know what the dotted line over the sun exactly is.
im trying to now how to watch
Had ideal views in south of sweden with 20x binoculars and a piece of paper!
I hope the day becomes less overcast or i won't be able to see :(
i want to see it, but i don't have protection glasses...
wow i see it today clearly..
will sunglasses work?
Y movidos por esa idea se organizaron expediciones alrededor del mundo para ver el par de tránsitos de los años 1760, y se le ha llamado a esos experimentos "El programa Apolo del siglo 18", pero solo fue una buena idea, porque el mal clima y los primitivos instrumentos ópticos así como la "Atmósfera de Venus" hicieron que se dispersaran los datos que se necesitaban. Pero hoy las cosas son muy diferentes y quizás lo serán muchísimo más para el 2117 cuando ocurra el fenómeno otra vez...
where do you live?
3:09 pm Pacific
Good analogy.
Also, that is in terms of EASTERN TIME, I must note...
سبحان الله العظيم This power of God Almighty will not be repeated, but this thing in 2117
nope...but 7 uv protected sunglass lenses did the trick during the recent eclipse
i was born in 1996 i got two venus transits in my life even though i never saw the first one in 2004.
when will it happen
cool i am learning about venus in my school so that is useful
Depends on how quickly medical technology and cybernetics advance.
A partir del minuto 1:28 este video de la NASA comienza a describir cómo el Tránsito de Venus ganó la atención mundial en el siglo 18 cuando uno de los grandes misterios de la ciencia era la medida del Sistema Solar, qué distancia había entre dos planetas: Venus fue la clave, de acuerdo al astrónomo Sir Edmund Halley. El pensó que midiendo un espacio aquí en la Tierra de la observación del Tránsito frente al Sol se podría triangular la distancia a Venus y esta idea galvanizó a los científicos.
Must be referring to the Pyramid of Kukulcan/Quetzalcoatl at Chichen Itza sun-Pleiades-zenith conjunction, that very same day May 20. The event this Pyramid was built for.
The Mayan myth says that this messiah Kukulcan, like Jesus, would return... and this astronomical event symbolizes him taking his throne on Earth, I guess.
On top of that... two separate crop circles supposedly showing the Tzolk'in/Mayan calendar, have pointed to/show May 20 2012.
Weird no matter how you look at it.
Good info and viewing tips! The recent annular eclipse on May 20th also proved to spectacular. See my video 2012 SOLAR ECLIPSE at sunset - MUST WATCH!
I'm no rocket scientist. But why is his East and West in the opposite places on the diagram. You think that Nasa actually made a mistake on where the sun rises and falls. Hint: Clockwise, from the top... N, E, S, W. I'm just sayin' (Not... N, W, S, E)
Yeah, idk how they got those dates out of 'em... but I do think most CC are real, yet now sure what they are saying. I have no knowledge on how to read the Tzolk'in calendar, so I can only speculate on how those dates were arrived at.... videos/articles I've seen were not too descriptive about that aspect.
Regardless... the Chichen Itza thing by itself is enough for me to be curious. NATO also meets in my city that day... so I just find everything kinda weird cause of that alone I guess.
Los que estemos vivos para Junio 5 del año dos mil doce seremos testigos del tránsito de Venus frente al disco solar, un evento que ocurre dos veces cada 120 años. Con este video la NASA describe el raro fenómeno y una vez que pase ya ninguno de los que para ese día estará vivo lo volverá a ver, pero la continuidad de la humanidad a pesar de la extinción de sus individuos asegurarán que para el 2117 cuando ocurra de nuevo, dos veces por siglo, se comentará cómo hoy (Junio 5) lo presenciamos.
what time??
Es muy interesante como ese planeta s interpone entre el sol y la tierra. Doy gracias a la NASA por poder participar en este evento en primera linea.
Amazing.
I'm not a welder...how the heck am I going to get welding glasses?
this is so cool
I wonder wt would hpn??
Well, twice. They occur in pairs 8 years apart then it's 120 years between pairs.
I CAN WATCH IT YAAYYYY
You are a true representation of the mind of a scientist. But you are missing one thing though, the pride of being wrong. Admitting your mistake is highly regarded in the scientific community, and often leads to promotion. And for that I respect them.
Amazing!!! The Creator is indeed magnificent.
ty...
what time i mean
I get to see it tomorrow #timetravel
December 2117
This video made a false claim that it dangerous to stare directly into the sun, and I'm simply pointing that out. My character has nothing to do with that fact. And I don't really care if you call my life meaningless, I enjoy it all the same. Even with haters like yourself around. Good luck with your condesending attitude, I'm sure it will help you a lot.
thanks :)
nice
agree
@higherdimensionstrav exept if the comet will hit the earth in 2012. we would have been able to see that comet with our own eyes quite a while ago....
3:23 that looks not like the real deal in my opinion
Good
One little black dot I love Venus
@iamsoooFABuLous nope, twice... it happened in 2004 aswell.
A partir del minuto 0:52 se advierte de no mirar al Sol directamente y en el minuto 1:04 se sugiere que se use alguna técnica de proyección o un filtro solar como un vidrio de soldadores #14, y el video muestra estas técnicas para mirar al Sol; pero yo diré cuál es mi técnica para mirar al Sol, ¡perdón!, no es mi técnica. Los hindúes, los místicos y misteriosos hindúes, han desarrollado todo una teoría con su técnica de cómo mirar al Sol de manera segura; los místicos hindúes miran el Sol...
Thats why I put on my foil hat!
looks interesting...... i know what I'm doing June 5
Be there
i seen it in 2004
1:00 "don't stare at the sun " No shit
I'm thinking apocalypse.
three days grace :D
I did go to a opthamologist, and she stated that my vision was improved. So the sun is repairing my eye, not damaging it. I find it funny that you would never have the guts to even try looking at the sun, because proving yourself wrong would be a disaster for your misplaced confidence. You whole life would fall apart, so keep living in your dream and be like you've always been, comfortably ignorant...that suits you.
Lifetime Chance O.o
The Fucking clouds are Damn my worst enemies. I had 1 turn though. Earlier I was about to take a turn then A cloud cover ruined it. STUPID CLOUDS! STUPID DAMN CLOUDS!
Fuck, I can't see it from Argentina, or I go to Peru or I will have what live more of 100 years more!!
once in 2-3 lifetimes possibly
cool story
chez nous il pleut domage
I will be
I already know that, thanks to Stellarium :p
the only weird thing around here is believing in crop circles
MIT researchers concluded that wearing of a tinfoil hat only makes the possible brain influencing signals/frequencies worse... trapping them/acting like an antenna
berkeley.intel-research (dot) net/arahimi/helmet/
Who knows?
With the advances in the science of maintaining us alive artificially, maybe you will still be alive and wish you were dead. Or maybe you'll wish to stay alive another day so you could see it happening again.
Clouds have to be pissed, not you. Clouds are always Cheap Bastards in the sky.
eclipse first
=( *takes hat off*
Sorry you did not see it. Clouds are just damn junks in the sky.