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Transit of Venus (Live thread!): First Viewing since 1882
Nasa TV
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Posted on 06/07/2004 10:39:48 PM PDT by cgk
On June 8, 2004 we will have the opportunity to experience a very rare celestial phenomenon. So rare, in fact, that no living person has ever observed it before, since the last transit of Venus happened over 120 years ago, in 1882. We will get another chance again, however, in 2012.
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Some screen captures are above... for those of you with DirecTV, the NASA TV channel is on channel 376. (universal channels, from what I understand...)
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:39:48 PM PDT
by
cgk
To: cgk
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:42:23 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: cgk
And for those with Dish Satellite, the Nasa Channel is #213.
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:43:07 PM PDT
by
dstarr
(I'm proud of my husband who was a Viet Nam vet.)
To: cgk; Howlin; RadioAstronomer
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:43:13 PM PDT
by
kayak
(In Memoriam ~ Ronald Wilson Reagan ~ 1911-2004)
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:43:16 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: kayak
Here's where the pictures are coming from:
The Pentelli Observatory (spelling?) in Greece (they mentioned the Acropolis...
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:46:22 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: cgk
So rare, in fact, that no living person has ever observed it before, since the last transit of Venus happened over 120 years ago, in 1882.I remember President Reagan's thoughful first-hand reports on the last transit. Very moving. ;O)
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:47:24 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Some leftists find Bush's very existence to be a "constant oppressive force in their daily psyche.")
To: cgk
Trying to figure out what the streaks are on the images. They appear as though the optics are experiencing tracking problems, however there are not that many sunspots on the surface of the sun to cause that, plus the image of Venus is not streaked or showing trails. Maybe somthing over or on the solar filters is the cause.
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:48:30 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
Here is the sun from space, picture taken by a satellite, without the interference of an atmosphere, etc. The ultraviolet (x-ray) is visible...
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:48:40 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: dstarr
Thanks!! I wasn't sure where else NASA TV shows up, it is brand new for us.
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:49:13 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: DAVEY CROCKETT
For some reason, I am no longer excited about the appearance of Venus. I wonder why? LOL! This is going to be one hell of a summer, I think.
Sunspots (Solar Maximus):
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:52:39 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:53:38 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
Archive pic of Venus from the show:
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posted on
06/07/2004 10:57:57 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: dstarr
"little black spot" by the police is the music over the credits...(hysterical!) they'll be back in five hours to say "goodbye to venus"!
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:00:00 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
Looks like they're done for now. Thought they said we could watch the transit until they come back in 5 hours.
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:03:17 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: Petronski
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:04:46 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: Joe Hadenuf
I noticed that, too. The pic in post #16 is the clearest.. you can see a sun spot(?), but those little tadpoles are mostly gone.
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:07:23 PM PDT
by
cgk
("If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone under.")
To: cgk
NASA TV on the web (for those of us without tv's.)
NASA Live TV
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posted on
06/07/2004 11:08:07 PM PDT
by
pops88
To: cgk
Are you sure this isn't just an elaborate setup on some movie set, designed to tweak the flat-earthers?
Heh heh heh.
Very nice. Thanks for the post.
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