Transit of Venus 2012: A Viewer's Guide
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Hank briefs us on the upcoming planetary transit of Venus, which will be observable June 5th and 6th of 2012.
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Instructions for watching the transit (or an eclipse) using binoculars: • Video
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You're coming back on June 6th? What a great birthday gift for me. Thank you.
Excellent topic, I've been re-fascinated about this ever since I got my new piano, & it totally calms me down every morning.
i live in North Carolina and my dad and i drove to new mexico boarder to see the eclipse this weekend. it was SO COOL!
My glasses to view the transit arrived in the mail! Now I'm anxiously awaiting for the moment to use them.
I am SO excited for this. Ever since I read A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (by the way, a book that everyone regardless of situation should read), i've been looking forward to the 2012 Transit of Venus.
My school actually won a competition and have some solar scopes to see the transit of Venus! So excited!
I guess you can say...this is a, 'VIEWER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY'!!!! Thanks, I'll be here all night.
If you are in the Boston area, Boston University's Astronomy Department is host a viewing party. Information can be found on their website under the Events tab.
I saw the eclipse, it was 12 days after my birthday :D So glad sci show made an episode on this transit (I already knew about it but thought I had already missed it) now I know to watch for it! :)
Man, space is giving me the best birthday present EVER. Thanks space! You make turning nineteen actually worth something!
Einstein once famously said: 'If you can't explain something simply, you clearly do not understand it.'
Hank, you understand EVERYTHING.
I'm supposed to be writing a petrarchan sonnet right now, instead I'm watching this. A good show Hank.
Nooooooo!
I can't take a week without scishow!
Kill me now...
Dude! This was the best birthday present!
That's awesome. I'll be keeping an eye in the sky on June 5th.
Awesome, thanks for the heads up! Have a good vacation!
and always remember to keep looking up
I remember in 2004, I was in year 4 at primary school, and I took my little card with the tinted plastic on it and watched the transit. Nerding from a young age. People thought I was the coolest kid in school that day. It was wonderful while it lasted...
Watching the transit right now in Denver, Colorado!
We meet again on my last day of school! Nobody else will care, but I was pretty excited.
thats my wedding anniversary! you made our day!
Transit in progress at sunset! For once, one of these once-in-a-lifetime events is extremely convenient for me!
So excited I watched it twice
:P I meant it as they both pretty much have the same meaning - "YOLO" is "You only live once" and "Carpe Diem" is "seize the day". They were meant to be taken (or, I take them) as the same thing - Live life to it's fullest. Problem is, people take it much, much differently now.
I will be in Northern Germany on that day, but I'm so happy we can still see it at sunrise!!!
noooooo! how will I live without You guys?? What will I watch?........... I guess I have to learn how to read.. :(
I saw it through my bare eyes (with a solar filter), through several telescopes (again, with solar filters), and a projection.
Needles to say, that was an awesome event.
I used to stare at the sun all the time when I was little. I was probably 4 or 5 at the time and I remember being amazed at how at first glance it was shapeless but if you looked long enough you could see a circle shape.I don't know why but it never seemed to cause any vision problems. I've become a bit short sighted over the past year or so but I think that's more due to staring at a screen 24-7.
We all saw the partial eclipse. 8x21 binoculars - eyepiece projection. Close to the horizon, so this was through a 2nd floor window. Hope to use the ten inch scope with solar filter for the transit. It was too hard to get the ten inch up to the window...
Yeah!
We have science that day AND I live in Norway so I got to see it! YAY!
10 minutes ago I noticed that there wasn't a new SciShow uploaded today and I would feel like I'm going through a withdrawal, thankfully I was wrong
Just got back from the lake I observed it from. Breathtaking.
no. carpe diem is "I'm going to do something productive/exiting opposed to standing doing nothing". where as YOLO is "I need an excuse to do something stupid". (BTW I don't mean to hate on your comment (the internet is bad at emotions))
I saw the (partial for me) solar eclipse and now I can see Venus passing the sun in the same year? Awesome.
I definitely don't want to miss this opportunity. ^^
YAY!!!!!
Planetary Transits Rule!!!
I can't wait!
Damn it!!!! I'm in eastern Australia, so close!
you are welcome.
Just thinking about that mesmerizes me.. it would be such a compelling experience! o_0
this is awesome i hope i don't forget it
Noooo! A whole week with no Sci Show! Its a nightmare!
Awesome! I can't wait!
if you want to know when it's gonna happen in your country you can use stellarium like i did
but i'm sure you can find an easier way (i had it installed already so it wasn't a bother to use it)
Hopes and dreams of several billion... aires. Damnit Hank, you had me for a second there.
Doesnt that sound just sooooo good :D
there is a live version that NASA is going to be showing actually I just found out. lol I am in a zone to watch it but don't have the proper equipment to do so, so I'm going to watch that
Yes! Dublin can see it.
This is AWESOME.
I...Have to wait till June 6th T ^T. Buh, I'LL MISS YOU HANK!!!
Right after my Birthday!
i feel for you. last time it happened, i too, was in a place where nothing could be seen.
Yay this is first time it has been advantageous to live in Western Australia
No but when ignoring mountains and hills that will also give you the biggest length on the surface, as the earth's circumference is largest on equator.
Sunrise on June 6th in the UK
Who is the lady in the back????
Off topic scientific question incoming (I figured: "What better place then scishow"): I am trying to find out what is the longest distance on the surface of the earth at which the error added by the earth's curvature can be disregarded. That is when must I stop calculating the distance between 2 points by simply using the differences of their coordinates to form a triangle, and start using the more complex formulas.
^_^ thanks in advance
Hank, I'm sure I'm not the only forgetful Nerdfighter out there. Could you or John perhaps slip a reminder of Venus's transit into a Vlogbrothers episode or something closer to when it happens? Also, then anyone who watches those videos but not these will know about it.
I missed both the eclipse AND the transit of Venus. I live where I could have seen them both, but missed them anyway.
NASA is posting a live version if you want to see that? It's what I'm doing because I can't see it either
Indeed.
I just finished making a solar filter with plumbing supplies and Baadar solar filter material a few days ago! Imma gonna observe the shit outta this.
Yes.
2117? Challenge Accepted, I missed this one, I will not miss it again.
Do an episode on breathable liquid. Of special interest to me, can you still smell when breathing in, say, an oxygen laden perfluorocarbon.
Sweeet! I know I'm getting up super-early to look at the sun on June 6th... Now to set up my telescope-and-paper!
reading these comments break my heart, but atleast you know it happened.also,500 comments,way to go guys.
AWESOME, SCISHOW :D
Hey Hank does it matter the color of the lenses or just the shade factor? I have these lenses in some old welding goggles. 50mm Circular Welding Lens, Green IR Shade 14
That's so cool!
well I'm even more confused then I was. I need to rephrase my question.
I want to calculate the travelling distance (lets assume that it's being done on foot) from point A to point B with map coordinates (45° , 19°) to (46°, 18°), and under the assumption that 1° = 111km. How close must A and B be so that the difference in the distances between them in a flat plane would be a few meters from that when the path is set on the surface of a sphere (well approximated sphere)
hope this one is clearer
ooh, thats a good one!
I saw this and called high school kids going home to stop and take a look. This is one event that we can use the Pythagorean theorem to use to figure size and distance and the students all saw math as useful. One actually said. "Ahh!" and I could see her light up in acknowledgement. Cool science is at our fingertips. (Using telescopes and things...)
maybe I phrased the question correctly or you just misunderstood.
Additional info, for my question. the path from point a to point b must go over the surface, not through the earth. (curvature is pretty much useless when you can burrow underground, isn't it :P )
I live in Eastern Australia.
YEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
Please do video on time travel
Nintendo e3 conference in the morning. Planetary transit later in the day.
I declare June 5th awesome (Y)
what are you talking about? it starts today at like 3:00pm pacific time....
Itd be awesome if you did a vid of how music affects the brain
I get to watch the transit of Venus as part of my astronomy class :D
just watched it, AMAZING :D
Oh, the line passes right trough where I live in Norway, think I will be able to see the eclipse??
Oooooooh I saw the one in 2004 :) Took my w/e you just called it (anti-sun goggles, way easier to remember) to school and BAM. Everyone else in my class suddenly wanted to see it as well.
yessss awesome! i'm excited already, but i feel like i'm gonna forget. better put a reminder on my phone i guess.
also, 137.
Where are you? West Africa, South America, Spain, Portugal or Antarctica? Either that or you live in a place where it rains all the time.
Can you make a video on how batteries work? I feel like it's been explained to me several times in school, but I don't fully understand it.
Ugh, I can't see the transit. Brazil won't pick it up.
I live on Svalbard which means I can see the entire thing!
We need a video about the definition of a planet and why Pluto is no longer a planet
Where can I get special glasses to look at an eclipse/planetary OR how do I make them so I don't burn my eyes out?
Uh, so you'll be able to see the whole thing? Look at the map a little more closely, Eastern Australia is in the 'Entire transit visible' zone.
make your own heavy duty sun filter by looking trough two unwritten cd-r discs witch you hold together with the shiny side towards you and while wearing UV protective sunglasses
From one point of equator to the completely opposite point on equator
awesome, thanks, do you know where I can find a pair of these glasses?
when can it be seen if you're in Eastern Australia? I don't want to miss this one
No problem :)
will I be able to see it in the uk
I don't want a top comment, I was just exclaiming how excited I am to see Venus's shadow cross over the sun for the last time until 2117. I am definitely (EXCITEDLY) going to be outside with a piece of cardboard and half a pair of binoculars when this happens.
DFTBA.
this is going to sound stupid...do you just use them as sun glasss to look with out a telescope or do you look through a telescope or binoculars with them?
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