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06/08/2004 07:20:24 AM · #1 |
Here's a pic I've just taken of the amazing celestial event of Venus passing in front of the sun.
Edit: my forum code links don't seem to work suddenly - I'll try again:
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=82263
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06/08/2004 07:44:15 AM · #2 |
Excellent. Wasn't it nice for the weather to cooperate for a change!
Have you submitted it to the Beeb yet?
//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3785985.stm |
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06/08/2004 08:01:34 AM · #3 |
I took a picture to.
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06/08/2004 08:03:20 AM · #4 |
Cool photos, both of them! I watched the transit via a number of webcams all over europe, and in some of them you could see the light refracting around the planet due to the atmosphere. I'm just waiting for someone to convert the webcam shots into a timelapse video now :o)
Message edited by author 2004-06-08 08:03:47.
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06/08/2004 08:19:42 AM · #5 |
| that's awesome! thanks for posting these! |
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06/08/2004 08:23:42 AM · #6 |
| Thanks for the post guys. Jon - how did you take that shot? |
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06/08/2004 12:30:47 PM · #7 |
Quite! And yes, I did submit it. :)
Originally posted by PaulMdx:
Thanks for the post guys. Jon - how did you take that shot? |
This would have made a picture in itself!! I took it by focusing the image of the sun onto some smooth card through a pair of binoculars. The card was resting on a garden chair, while I had to steady the bins on my head while I pressed the self timer on the camera (attached to a tripod)!
I've also taken one directly at the sun through my 1999 Eclipse glasses, which I'll post later.
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06/08/2004 12:32:26 PM · #8 |
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. Great shots guys.
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06/08/2004 12:40:15 PM · #9 |
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06/08/2004 01:38:06 PM · #10 |
Here's one taken directly at the sun through eclipse goggles.
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06/08/2004 05:27:11 PM · #11 |
The same phenomenon observed on my fathers hand. "Camera obscura" effect under a rudimentory telescope
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06/08/2004 06:02:38 PM · #12 |
| yeah i went to see that today. im located in PA USA so i only got to see the last moments of it, but i didnt find it to be all that amazing. |
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06/08/2004 06:30:57 PM · #13 |
I am so upset over this!! We went to the local observatory last friday night to get special glasses for the kids and to learn a little about eclipse... then today, rainy, foggy, overcast.. no sun :(
So THANKS for the images :)
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06/08/2004 07:09:49 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by fallingretina:
yeah i went to see that today. im located in PA USA so i only got to see the last moments of it, but i didnt find it to be all that amazing. |
It may not be "amazing" but it's a rare and historically important phenomenon. The next ("paired") transit is in eight years, and then there isn't another until (I think) 6-JUN-2132. So far as we know, there's no one alive today who observed the last transit, and it's not that likely any of us will see the one after the one coming up in 2012.
By timing the transit of Venus some 130 years ago, astronomers were able, for the first time, to accurately measure the dimensions of the Solar System.
Oh yeah -- thanks everyone for the pictures! Great job all ...
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06/09/2004 04:37:09 AM · #15 |
Late to the party with these. I wasn't going to post but they actually turned out pretty well (IMO). Just projection shots with my £20 telescope, so I tried to create something a little 'abstract' to add interest.
//www.worx.org.uk/gallery/space
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06/09/2004 09:06:46 AM · #16 |
Originally posted by jjbeguin:
The same phenomenon observed on my fathers hand. "Camera obscura" effect under a rudimentory telescope
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I love this! What a great shot and interpretation of a natural celestial occurrance! |
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06/11/2004 07:45:47 AM · #17 |
This is about as awesome as it gets:
Astronomy Picture of the Day |
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06/11/2004 08:20:49 AM · #18 |
WOW!! That's simply amazing |
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06/11/2004 08:25:58 AM · #19 |
Amazing that a simple thing like a dot in front of the sun could bring about such marvelous images! Thanks for posting these!
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06/11/2004 09:43:44 AM · #20 |
Wow - very impressive, all of you. I love all the different ways of capturing the event. I was apparently out of the loop and only heard about the event after it had already happened, so I'm really thrilled to see so many interesting versions. So cool!
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