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David Autumns
Ace Cruncher UK Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 11062 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hi here's the first snap of Venus closing in on the Sun's disk
----------------------------------------http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c2/512/ It should be visible as it crosses the path between the Sun and us here http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/SDO_Self_Updating_6.htm which as is always the case with Murphy's Law the Solar Dynamics Observatory Satellite has had a little exposure setting problem overnight  Either that or we are all going to get a good Sun Tan today !!!Venus is about 95% the diameter of Earth and about 72% the distance from the Sun that we are on our travels. Ground base timings and more info see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus,_2012 btw if you miss this you won't get another chance to see it until 10 December 2117 Make it a great day Dave  |
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keithhenry
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The SDO folks have a dedicated site for the transit at http://venustransit.gsfc.nasa.gov/ You can presently determine your location (based off your ISP I presume) and see the track of the transit from your view. I'll only see about the first third here, that is if the rain ends and the clouds clear.h
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David Autumns
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Venus has gone behind the occluding disk on the SOHO Satellite
----------------------------------------http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html See the change since this morning on the LASCO C2 image Nice Comets on C3 to brighten up an evening (in the UK) The SDO images have been edited to eliminate the over exposed section Cool |
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David Autumns
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I might be mistaken but I think you can just see Venus in one frame of this video
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David Autumns
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Bagged it
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David Autumns
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an earlier shot just peeking out of the shadow
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David Autumns
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Right I'm off to get some shut eye
----------------------------------------This will all be over by the time I wake up. Looking at the Storm blowing through I doubt we will see the Sun at all tomorrow transit or no transit Night Folks Dave |
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Hardnews
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Very brilliant images, thanks for posting them.
Sue |
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David Autumns
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No problem Sue
----------------------------------------This web page is awesome right this minute http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/SDO_Self_Updating_6.htm At least we can still get to see it above the clouds thanks to the vision of the SDO team Dave |
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David Autumns
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As the SDO images won't be around forever I've created this for posterity
----------------------------------------http://www.autumns.co.uk/venus-transit/venus-transit.html Enjoy :-) Dave |
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