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Re: The Transit of Venus (MUST READ)
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2012, 09:34:07 pm »
I think I saw a bit of it earlier. That first stream is quite nice though, been watching for awhile.
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« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2012, 10:55:07 pm »
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I'm banking on medical science keeping me alive into the 2100's, so maybe next time.
This.

Perhaps in 2120 I'll just go to Venus and watch Earth from the point of transit instead.
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Re: The Transit of Venus (MUST READ)
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2012, 12:15:26 am »
Had a rather cloudy and rainy day. Rather annoying.
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« Reply #18 on: June 06, 2012, 12:33:17 am »
I just learned that today D:

I need to move in a desert country faster so I can see those once-in-a-lifetime stuff that goes in front of the sun and all.
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« Reply #19 on: June 06, 2012, 12:45:40 am »
Saw this today in Ontario...my dad projected it onto a piece of paper on the side of our car through his telescope. Venus made it about 1/3 of the way across before the sun set below the treeline. Pretty cool, you could see 4 or 5 sunspots too.
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Re: The Transit of Venus (MUST READ)
« Reply #20 on: June 06, 2012, 01:44:56 am »
Going by all the people who've missed it, I'm saying I'm lucky. Our biology teacher brought this huge telescope and did the paper-shadow thing for the whole day. Interesting to see Venus slowly pass by.
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« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2012, 05:52:38 am »
Why must it be so damn cloudy here.
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« Reply #22 on: June 06, 2012, 06:50:56 am »
Quote from: micelus on June 06, 2012, 01:44:56 am
Going by all the people who've missed it, I'm saying I'm lucky. Our biology teacher brought this huge telescope and did the paper-shadow thing for the whole day. Interesting to see Venus slowly pass by.
I was lucky enough to be in an A-level physics class during the '04 transit and got to see that one in person. This one was mostly at night here, then clouded over for the hour or so the sun was up. Still, the streams and images have been impressive.

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« Reply #23 on: June 06, 2012, 06:53:35 am »
I saw it in 2004, but all cloudy today. Woke up at 5 for nuthin. :/
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« Reply #24 on: June 06, 2012, 11:30:52 am »
Wait, it's already over?

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I ALWAYS MISS EVERYTHING!  :'(
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Re: The Transit of Venus
« Reply #25 on: June 06, 2012, 11:37:22 am »
Missed it in belgium.
Stupid clouds D:
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Re: The Transit of Venus
« Reply #26 on: June 06, 2012, 12:19:31 pm »
Quote from: Nega on June 06, 2012, 11:30:52 am
Wait, it's already over?

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Same here.
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Re: The Transit of Venus
« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2012, 12:26:43 pm »
There are a billion other random phenomena going on around you that you'll never see again in your lifetime. Like, for example, June 6th 2012. Never happening again, so you'd best make the most of it.
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Re: The Transit of Venus
« Reply #28 on: June 06, 2012, 12:47:47 pm »
http://gawker.com/5916165/the-only-transit-of-venus-time+lapse-video-you-need-to-see

Honestly, the only one you need to see.... Provided by NASA.
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« Reply #29 on: June 06, 2012, 01:39:42 pm »
I saw it using a pinhole camera thing. It was a dot!

Yup.
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