[optimal] Re: Venus transit tonight and tomorrow morning.

  • From: ben serar <serarphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 19:54:03 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

And on the West Coast...20 minutes ago.

 

Thanks,

 

Ben


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Warnicki
Sent: Jun 5, 2012 7:46 PM
To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optimal] Re: Venus transit tonight and tomorrow morning.

Interesting size comparison. Venus is the black dot on top and several sun spots are in the middle.

600mm lens f8

Joe

On 6/5/2012 6:56 PM, Dale Brodsky wrote:
This is very cool.  Face away, turn binoculars backwards towards sun and shine on paper.  Easy to see...hard to hold still!


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On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 5:40 PM, ivette De La Rosa <id2275@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hahaha, yes, I did

-----Original Message-----

From: Noelle Pensec
Sent: 5 Jun 2012 20:39:46 GMT
To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [optimal] Re: Venus transit tonight and tomorrow morning.

Did anyone else read the subject and think this was a post about FA? With venous spelled wrong?

On Jun 5, 2012 4:10 PM, "Allen Katz" <alkatz2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
AND CLOUDY IN SUNNY FL :(

Allen R. Katz, FOPS,
CRA, OCT-C, COT
Application Specialist
Heidelberg Engineering, Inc.

On Jun 5, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Joe Warnicki <warnickij@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Last time in this century to watch Venus cross the solar sphere.
>
> Get out your solar filters and watch.
>
> Asheville starts at 5:00 pm tonight till sundown.
>
> http://www.transitofvenus.org
>
> There is a link on the top of the page that will calculate times for your location.
>
> It is clear here so I should get a good view.
>
> Remember no peaking without the proper filters.
>
> Joe
>


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