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Transit of Venus @ sunset Tuesday 05JUN2012
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:27 pm    Post subject: Transit of Venus @ sunset Tuesday 05JUN2012 Reply with quote
This just in from David Aguilar, Director of Public Affairs and Science Information at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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None of us needs to be a TV weather personality to know which way the weather is going tomorrow for the transit of Venus. I believe the word is "South".

In lieu of being able to view this event through solar telescopes up on the roof here at 60 Garden Street, we will open up Phillips Auditorium between 5:45 pm to 8:30 pm to watch a live web cast from Mauna Kea (where the sun is shining).

Please join us here or if you would like to experience the transit from home, the following web sites will offer continuous views of the event. - D

NASA
http://venustransit.nasa.gov/webcasts/nasaedge/

Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/venus/

National Solar Observatory
http://venustransit.nso.edu/live.html

Mt. Lemmon
http://skycenter.arizona.edu/annoucement/live

Astronomers Without Borders
http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/projects/transit-of-venus/live-webc
ast.html

SLOOH
http://events.slooh.com/

Transit of Venus dot org:
http://www.transitofvenus.org/june2012/where-to-be
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Based on the forecast, I'm sure this will be as exciting as the annular eclipse was in Seattle!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bet it looks nice from Mauna Kea. Webstreaming list and viewing zones in the OP.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
June 5 is [today], and that's when it is, in the western US anyway
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Partly Cloudy is the forecast I have. Hopefully not too cloudy. I've been assembling my solar filter made from a $25 piece of what looks just like Mylar, cardboard, and glue over the past few days. I don't want to have to wait 105 years to use it!
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I move that all these astro-threads be prefaced with, "Greetings, greetings, greetings, star-hustlers!"


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mulex wrote:
I move that all these astro-threads be prefaced with, "Greetings, greetings, greetings, star-hustlers!"



I noticed that at some point someone must of thought a sort of creepy guy (RIP) called the "Star Hustler" maybe wasn't the best name and they changed it to "Star Gazer" ("Star F*****" must have already been taken)
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tele Till You're Smelly wrote:
June 5 is tomorrow, and that's when it is, in the western US anyway


Thanks for clearing that up!
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Tele Till You're Smelly wrote:
June 5 is tomorrow, and that's when it is, in the western US anyway
Thanks! Fixed the OP.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ready!

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice, Matt. How many stops to you get out of that thing?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
jfb wrote:
Nice, Matt. How many stops to you get out of that thing?


A dozen or so I think. The glue just dried so I haven't shot through it yet. I'm hoping to try some test shots this afternoon from my office roof before trying to get a nice composition later this evening. At least I get a little more time to figure it out than with an eclipse!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent. Please follow upnwith the TR.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
robrox wrote:
Bet it looks nice from Mauna Kea. Webstreaming list and viewing zones in the OP.

June 6 last year, we had snow on Mauna Kea Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sawyer wrote:
robrox wrote:
Bet it looks nice from Mauna Kea. Webstreaming list and viewing zones in the OP.

June 6 last year, we had snow on Mauna Kea Smile
And did you bring back enough for every body?
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