Transit of Venus

[shark0007]

The last transit of venus in our lifetime! check it out at http://events.slooh.com/

[Tatsujin]

The last transit of venus in our lifetime! check it out at http://events.slooh.com/

... Transit? ... Explain in words I can understand.

[AceD]

The last transit of venus in our lifetime! check it out at http://events.slooh.com/

... Transit? ... Explain in words I can understand.

It's when the planet Venus passes between the Sun and the Earth thus becoming visible to us for several hours.

[undetz]

And when's the next one due?

It's night here anyway, pretty hard to see the sun atm.

[megido-rev.M]

The last transit of venus in our lifetime! check it out at http://events.slooh.com/

... Transit? ... Explain in words I can understand.

It's when the planet Venus passes between the Sun and the Earth thus becoming visible to us for several hours.

How visible are we talking here?

[AceD]

Like a black dot, you can't see the natives mowing there lawn or owt 

[shark0007]

And when's the next one due?

It's night here anyway, pretty hard to see the sun atm.
next one will occur in 105 years

[megido-rev.M]

^ Quote fail .

Like a black dot, you can't see the natives mowing there lawn or owt 

I should have guessed...as we'd have to stare at the sun anyway.

[Burkingam]

Venus Transit 2012 - Ultra-high Definition View (NASA/ESA)

[NeonFlame]

Kinda sad.  I was going to take a look at this yesterday, but it was too cloudy to be able to see anything so I didn't have the chance.

[megido-rev.M]

Venus Transit 2012 - Ultra-high Definition View (NASA/ESA)

Was it just me, or had Venus moved up and down like a Medusa head?

[shark0007]

 

Kinda sad.  I was going to take a look at this yesterday, but it was too cloudy to be able to see anything so I didn't have the chance.

i put a link to watch it live

[Soryon]

This is kinda cool. The shadow of Venus-

[vicious796]

Gets me super cised for the 2017 full eclipse in America. SUPER CISED.

[Burkingam]

Venus Transit 2012 - Ultra-high Definition View (NASA/ESA)

Was it just me, or had Venus moved up and down like a Medusa head?

Only the first scene does that. It was taken from a satellite and it's angle kept moving up and down because of its rotation around the earth. The other scenes were taken from the earth and so venus' trajectory doesn't seem so erratic.

[NeonFlame]

The vid's pretty cool.  Not as awesome as seeing it through a telescope woulda been though.  As well, soryon, that's a pretty sweet pic.