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Transit of venus visible in the U.S. on the evening of June 5. Visible in Europe on the morning of June 5.

See here for your best viewing time. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/transit12.html

If you miss this one you will have to wait until 2117 and then 2125.

ruveyn

That's cool, & there are a few days to go, so time to purchase a solar filter. Thanks for posting this.

Thanks!

Your best bet is to project the telescope image onto a screen a view it indirectly. If you are going to look at it directly make sure get certified solar safe dark lenses.

ruveyn

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Last edited by kxmode on 05 Jun 2012, 2:12 am, edited 3 times in total.

That is a better choice and will do this. Try to project it on a piece of stiff paper, then photograph it if possible.

Off topic: saw the partial eclipse of the moon this morning. Quite peaceful and beautiful over the mountains to the west of my house.

And of course the Clear Sky Clock is calling for clouds all of tomorrow and into the 6th for me...

NASA will be posting a complete (and clear) video cast of the transit of Venus. It is not real time but it will be done faithfully.

ruveyn

The two threads were merged by a moderator, since they were closely related.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjs8SDCyKiI[/youtube]

Just a short note to help clear up any remaining confusion that my merging of a later, duplicated version of this topic caused.

In an ideal world every member would check to see that a thread dealing with the same topic hadn't already been started or was still active, at least reasonably recently - so consequently, accidents will happen.
It's a simple rule: the first thread created stands and any posts made to the newer version are moved over to it before the newer thread is removed; the OP of the newer thread is always informed via PM in such cases.

Thank you for clarifying. With that out of the way, NASA will be broadcasting the Transit of Venus live @ 5:45 pm EST (2:45pm PST)
on their website from 11 different observatories you can select from.

http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/

I got a good view through some dark tinted UV blocking glasses I picked up for viewing the partial eclipse. It was possible to see it through the glasses alone, but just barely. With a set of binoculars and the glasses it was very clear. I didn't look for more than a few seconds or so as the instructions on the glasses didn't advise prolonged staring.