The Transit of Venus

[Aᴄᴇ]

^ an event which takes place just after 11pm tonight and offers a rare opportunity to see the planet passing across the face of the sun

on BBC2 now it happens twice a century, might be worth a watch

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just noticed its only on till 10pm theyre sayin we'll be able to see it early hours 2moro mornin whether a telescope is needed or not i dont know

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Originally Posted by mark101

I cant see the damn sky for cloud

It's always the same in this bliddy country.

[Tetsuaiga]

Originally Posted by JohnnyCage

just noticed its only on till 10pm theyre sayin we'll be able to see it early hours 2moro mornin whether a telescope is needed or not i dont know

From what i've seen its really small. You might just be able to see if without obviously you need sunglasses or probably proper type ones.

When there was an eclipse i used to just look at it through my tshirt and i was okay lol.

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solar filters are need apparently ill just have a go with regular sunglasses

[Tetsuaiga]

I might just go with the tshirt =), might even fold it twice.

Probably wont bother in reality though.

[Aᴄᴇ]

Originally Posted by nineo

^ I don't think that's something to try mate! filters would be advisable if you're looking at the sun, its never a good idea to look directly at it even with sunnies on. unless you're joking in which case i've just had a sense of humour fail.

i was serious but its probly not worth it the risk now i think about it

Originally Posted by Tetsuaiga

Probably wont bother in reality though.

same

[Tetsuaiga]

Would of been kinda cool to see. Its quite amazing how small venus looks compared to the sun, and venus is a whole planet =P.

[Golz]

Originally Posted by Tetsuaiga

Would of been kinda cool to see. Its quite amazing how small venus looks compared to the sun, and venus is a whole planet =P.

Also consider that as its closer than the Sun, it's effectively making Venus look bigger than it is (relative to the Sun).

[Johnni]

Thread title sounds like a good band name or the name for the new Ford range of vans.

[Pablo Huntsbach]

I saw this on the news, they were showing people around the world - Excitable school kids in Japan, cool young people in Norway, a smiley teacher who had taken her kids out of class for the day in France and a bunch of moody middle aged men in the UK.

[ßazza]

Saw for a few minutes on stream yesterday (Or day b4 I forget) as wasnt ganna see it outside.

Even though it was cool to look at and such people in the stream seemed to be more excited than necessary. I actually used to have a hobby with such things too.. Though not anymore.

[Golz]

^ that, can think of many more spectacular visual things and involving space too (suppose its not likely they'd see it again can be a factor). With that said I understand the importance and what the scientific/ astronomic communities can learn from events like this (being halfway in a physics degree helps that).

If I lived in a better place to see it (both time and weather) I probably would have done so but I doubt I would have been full of excitement, more like curiosity.

[Tamara]

Whoaaaaaaah its a miracle!!!!

[Tamara]

the pictures!!