2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333382#Comment_333382 2012-06-04T16:17:22-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 Purple Wyrm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726

Anyone got any plans to view the Transit of Venus (or as a friend of mine put it "Venus's sexy dance across our star") tomorrow? Last chance until 2117 you know. I've taken the day off ...

Transit of Venus (or as a friend of mine put it "Venus's sexy dance across our star") tomorrow? Last chance until 2117 you know.

I've taken the day off work and built a sun projector out of coathangers and plastic plates. Now I've just got to hope the "cloudy periods" they're predicting for my local areas include enough sunny periods to make it worthwhile.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333389#Comment_333389 2012-06-04T16:49:31-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961

The weather report for the area (Portland, OR) is grim, as far as viewing anything in the sky goes. The recent partial solar eclipse was visible as a murky image through the clouds. Bleah.

The recent partial solar eclipse was visible as a murky image through the clouds.

Bleah.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333391#Comment_333391 2012-06-04T17:04:18-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792

it's overcast in SD right now, with the forecast predicting partial cloud cover tomorrow. *fingers crossed*

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333436#Comment_333436 2012-06-05T03:23:48-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866

I'm planning to get up tomorrow, but, y'know. Northern England. When I look up it's like being in a Tupperware box.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333495#Comment_333495 2012-06-05T13:08:27-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792

it is sunny, hooray! Heading down to the science center near me in like an hour so I can buy a pair of glasses to view the sun without burning my retinas, and then kill time hula hooping until Venus ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333500#Comment_333500 2012-06-05T13:46:11-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299

I'm going to try like heck, but I'm not holding out too much hope. I'm in a bad area for sky-watching.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333505#Comment_333505 2012-06-05T14:46:41-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 manglr http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6038

Thick clouds and rain showers in Boston. Sad panda.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333507#Comment_333507 2012-06-05T14:55:22-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 256 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827

Can only see clouds? Can only see night? Can't get up at the crack of dawn? Get on a livestream! NASA has about a bajillion from different observatories. Here's one from the top of Mauna Kea, a ...

Get on a livestream! NASA has about a bajillion from different observatories. Here's one from the top of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Hawaiians and astronomers alike.

1st contact should be in around 15 minutes.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333509#Comment_333509 2012-06-05T15:03:52-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961

Yikes . . . it's alternating between sun and overcast every few minutes in the Willamette Valley. I made a crude pinhole viewer. Fingers crossed!

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333510#Comment_333510 2012-06-05T15:15:17-07:00 2012-06-05T15:31:03-07:00 256 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827

1st Contact! edit: Images from SDO (solar dynamics observatory, in orbit around Earth): c/o NASA/SDO, HMI, and AIA science teams. 2nd Contact!

edit: Images from SDO (solar dynamics observatory, in orbit around Earth):


c/o NASA/SDO, HMI, and AIA science teams.

2nd Contact!]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333511#Comment_333511 2012-06-05T15:15:35-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 Purple Wyrm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726

The transit is starting right as I type - but the sun won't be above the horizon for an hour. It's looking good so far, some clouds but some clear patches.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333514#Comment_333514 2012-06-05T16:00:57-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 nigredo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2373

Live stream

Live stream]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333520#Comment_333520 2012-06-05T16:35:58-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 Argos http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792

woohoo, went down to my local science center museum and saw it. They ran out of sun filters, but some people were kind enough to pass them around. They also had a telescope set up so that the sun ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333521#Comment_333521 2012-06-05T16:54:30-07:00 2012-06-05T16:56:20-07:00 Purple Wyrm http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726

Bah! Turns out that a 100% overcast sky just before dawn looks pretty much identical to a 100% clear sky just before dawn. No transit for me :( But I'm watching the Mt Wilson Observatory webcast, ...

But I'm watching the Mt Wilson Observatory webcast, so it's not all bad.

And the whole media-hooha has got some of my friends interested in going out and doing some night astronomy, so that's a bonus :)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10702&Focus=333595#Comment_333595 2012-06-06T08:02:05-07:00 2013-05-24T13:12:12-07:00 Foamhead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779

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Stayed up watching the broadcast from Hawaii until about half way thru the transit, then slept and got up at dawn to see if I could view the end of it in person, but it was not to be - 100% cloud ...

A truly remarkable event. One of the best bits, oddly, was hearing scientists atop Mauna Kea wonder what the world will be like at the next transit, and reading aloud the same thoughts written down by another scientist at the transit of Venus in 1769.]]>