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Lessons learnt by
Tim Auton
Well, here's what I learnt in my first foray into solar observing:
* Wear a hat and/or suncream. My forehead is pink. I half expected to
turn to dust as dawn...
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Black drop by
The joker
Did anyone see the black drop?
For me it just stayed rattling in the jaws of the pocket.
Ha ha!
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Good luck all by
Martin Frey
What the hell am I doing awake at this time of day?
--
Martin Frey
http://www.hadastro.org.uk
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Wot! No Sun? by
Pen Phill
Brittany France. For over a week (nay, even longer) we have had wall to wall
sun with not a cloud in the sky. Yesterday it was 30 degrees (nearly 100)....
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Pinhole viewing anyone? by
OG
Has anyone had any success viewing using the pinhole method?
I've tried, but can't convince myself I've seen...
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Venus transit - atmosphere by
Alistair Thomson
Hi
I've been viewing the transit from Nottingham. A lot of high cloud made the
image blurry / soft focus but it was still enjoyable. I noticed at high
power...
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soho transit images by
jeffcapeshop
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/2004_06_08/
can i see venus in the last (blue) image?
http://www.sojomedia.com/soho.jpg ("processed")
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Transit: excellent weather by
Mark
Hi all,
How's the transit going for everyone else? Down here near
Southampton, I couldn't ask for better weather.
Mark
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Daytime Venus 6th June 2004 by
Pete Lawrence
Prepare yourself - this one's pretty crap. It was a preliminary shot
to test the field before attempting something better. Unfortunately a
high layer of...
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Black drop - possibly! by
Lawrence
I watched both the ingress and the egress of Venus and saw the black drop on
both occasions, though frankly it was so short lived that I would not record
it as...
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scottish borders transit by
jeffcapeshop
looks like that's it for today (and my lifetime!) so here is my best image:
http://www.sojomedia.com/venus_transit2.jpg
quite pleased with this one as i...
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by Jo
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Irish weather forecast for June 6 2012 by
Michael
It will be perfectly clear until 5 minutes before sunrise, when clouds
will roll in. These will be tantalisingly thin at times, but not so
thin that anyone...
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And it's over by
Larry
Venus is no longer visible. We had good weather conditions for most of the
country (sorry scotland - did it clear up?)
One thing, the black drop effect didn't...
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Coronado Image of Venus Transit by
Richard DeLuca
Hi,
A lot of you probably subscribe to SAA as well, but if not, here is a
SPECTACULAR image of the Venus transit, and the original post from
Roland...
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Telescope Advice Please by
Richard Griffith
I have recently bought a Celestron Nexstar 5i telescope and have been
working my way through the Auto Align procedure as described in the manual
however, as I...
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Even a Tasco! by
Laury
Being the most amateur of amateurs, I took my trusty Tasco (It was a
gift, honest!) into the garden (Southampton) and managed to get a
reasonable projected...
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by Laury
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Venus Transit from SE Kent by
Stephen Tonkin
http://astunit.com/tonkinsastro/VT2004/vt2004.htm
Best,
Stephen
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