Transit of Venus....

Bitter Jeweler · Apr 22, 2012

Transit of Venus .org

Anyone gonna try to photograph this?

What kind of setup would you use?

480sparky · Apr 22, 2012

Bitter Jeweler said:
What kind of setup would you use?

Same as you would for an ordinary shot of the sun. All you will be adding to such an image is a little black dot.

pgriz · Apr 22, 2012

As mentioned by Sparky, a setup with a proper solar filter will work. However, you'll essentially get a white circle with a black dot on it. Probably more interesting (but more expensive) is the use of a solar telescope like the Coronado line (Coronado Telescopes), which uses optical interference filters to extract a very narrow wavelength of light (hydrogen-alpha). These will show texture and prominences and all kind of interesting detail on the sun. I believe that some groups are planning to capture the event live and broadcast over the internet. Will have to check with a friend who belongs to an astronomical club.

KmH · Apr 22, 2012

You don't want to miss this one on June 6th, because after it, the next one won't occur until December of 2117, 105 years from the June 6th, 2012 transit.

Tranits of Venus always happen in pairs about 8 years apart. The last one was in 2004. Transit of Venus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A transit of Venus usually lasts several hours since the diameter of the Sun is about 700,000 miles. (Earth has a diameter of about 7,000 miles.)

Infidel · Jun 5, 2012

Timely bump...

Also, for viewers in North America, the transit will be visible during sunset TODAY, JUNE 5. If you wait until tomorrow, it will be too late!!
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