Transit of Venus (Live thread!): First Viewing since 1882

Nasa TV | 6-7-04 | God.

[MediaMole]

I would strongly suggest that people use a pinhole viewer to look at the sun.

http://www.transitofvenus.org/safety.htm

Stare at the sun long enough and the last thing you will see is a host over the sun.

[LibWhacker]

Can't believe NASA pulled live coverage. All I can find right now are webcams that are covering it. Like this black and white one from the Netherlands. The image is updated every 30 seconds (you have to keep hitting the 'refresh' button). Here's another page that has a list of links. But so far I've had no luck finding a server offering a true, real-time, quality, color image that isn't swamped by users. If anyone finds one, let us know!

[LibWhacker]

Here's a color webcam that refreshes automatically every minute.

[Prince Caspian]

Go, Venus, Go!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Venus DeMilo Hamilton

[Constitution Day]

I have been sitting here for the last 45 mins looking straight at the sun. there is a host over the sun so i can look at it..its a sign a miracle.. can anyone else look at the sun and see anything

[Cincinatus]

Uh, I believe that one's Mars....

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I was thinking of the person who posted that last night!

[Constitution Day]

LOL, so was I.

That's the archived thread... well, the first page, anyway.
The original thread was pulled.

[Conan the Librarian]

Just got in from seeing this. We took lots of pictures from the Pier at Tybee Island Georgia. I will post what I took when I wake up more. It was truly beautiful!

[eastforker]

CGEB revisited???

[wayoverontheright]

Hawaiians should have particular interest, as Captain Cook's voyage had to do with traveling to a distant point on the globe such that the passing of Venus could be observed from two distant points, necessary to enable certain celestial calculations, including the distance between the earth and sun.

[evets]

There's a little black spot on the sun today.

[mvpel]

My family and I got up this morning before sunrise and went up to Goffstown, overlooking Manchester, NH, where we ran into a group of nice folks with good telescopes. The photos we took are at http://www.aidoann.com/photos/transit/

The best one is http://www.aidoann.com/photos/transit/transit5.jpg

Unfortunately a big bank of clouds rolled in just two minutes prior to the third contact, so we missed the egress.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Gotta be Mars.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

AT last! We'll finally find out how big the astronomical unit is!

[cgk]

Uh, I believe that one's Mars....

? They threw that up while they were talking about Venus... sorry about that, I obviously didn't hear the reference.

[cgk]

Wow that is a GREAT picture, thanks for posting! :)

[Letitring]

Great pictures and thanks for sharing. :)