Venus transits the Sun

Posted on June 5, 2012 by markinaustin

This is the last transit in our lifetimes.  Do not stare at the Sun with your naked eyes or view with a telescope or binoculars.  Use welders’ darkest goggles.  I have never trusted the smoke colored plastic they give out for solar eclipses.  The safe way to view is with an old fashioned homemade pinhole “camera”.  See:

http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2443-solar-eclipse-viewer.html

 

Begins 5 PM CDT.

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  1. novahockey's avatar
    novahockey, on June 5, 2012 at 2:35 pm said:

    here’s a site that’s tracking the transit. it will show you what time Venus will make contact based on your location you can move a bar forward in time to see where it will go and what your viewing window is.

    http://www.sunaeon.com/venustransit/

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  2. lmsinca's avatar
    lmsinca, on June 5, 2012 at 3:21 pm said:

    This is the last transit in our lifetimes.

    Yeah, I guess we’ll all be dead by 2117, unless the scientists come up with something really spectacular.

    I love eclipses. I always think of earthquakes for some reason (don’t ask).

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