New Zealand Local Weather Forum
Climate and Science => Space, Science and Nature => Topic started by: Deano on April 11, 2012, 04:04:49 PM
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On the 6th of June this year, we will have the chance to view the last Transit of Venus in our lifetime.
The next transit after this one will be in December 2117 and December 2125 - so this is the last chance to see a transit of Venus in our lifetimes!
The last transit in the current cycle was in June 2004, but before that the last transit was in December 1874 and December 1882.
A Transit of Venus across the Sun occurs when the orbit of Venus takes it directly between the Earth and the Sun, obscuring a small portion of the Sun's disc. During the transit, Venus appears as a small black disc moving across the sun, usually taking several hours.
Here is the link to the authors article.http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-658-0-0-1-0.html (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-658-0-0-1-0.html)
IceInSpace is "THE" premier Amateur Astronomy website in the Southern Hemisphere.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/index.php (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/index.php)
The wealth of information stored here about all types of astronomy is an excellent resource for all.
Take a moment to view some of the user gallery photos of either Solar System or Deep Sky or Terrestrial objects.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=11 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=11)
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Thanks for that and hope we are up and going by then.
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Thanks for that Suezy,
I can appreciate what lies ahead for you!
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Hard yakka. But I am the supervisor - too old for a shovel now.
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I got the day off work for the transit, now all I have to hope for is fine weather.
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If the weather does not work out on the day, there are on-line live viewing websites.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/Where-to-See-the-Transit-of-Venus-Online-154213475.html (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/Where-to-See-the-Transit-of-Venus-Online-154213475.html)
I don't have any solar safe viewing filters, so I will be viewing on-line.
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not looking good weather wise for wednesday
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Murphys Law!
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Deano, you can just watch the transit by projecting the sun onto a piece of card :)
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Deano do we in NZ have a time for this, I see our Calendar has 10.15am to 1.39pm. It this correct. Following the above links, the time is not clear.
Thanks
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Yes Jenny, NZ time. My astronomy software worked it all out for me.
Present cloudmass is not looking good. Online view me thinks.
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there should be fine intervals for the upper NI tomorrow, with the NW wind flow
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Plenty of blue sky for Auckland now - some will be very pleased! :)
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Yes, the amount of blue sky is increasing
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Just in case you didn't get your viewing equipment in time, or other weather factors hindered you, here are some pics from space.com showing all
(http://i.space.com/images/i/18142/i02/venus-transit-2012-sdo-1.jpg)
More pictures at space.com http://www.space.com/15973-venus-transit-pictures-2012-gallery.html (http://www.space.com/15973-venus-transit-pictures-2012-gallery.html)
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Great viewing on Norfolk Island today for Transit of Venus. started just before 10am and finished just before 4pm. Clouds around a little at first then great in the middle of day and finished with some clouds and a shower of rain. We need a filter for camera so we can take photos. Pleased we had a hand solar filter to look through. It was fantastic.
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by the the time I got my act together and could finally see the sun....I missed it by 5 minutes....