Transit of Venus expedition 2012
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Following on from our first video about the 2012 Venus transit, this is a record of of our expedition above the Arctic Circle to observe the complete transit from start to finish. Presented by Robert J Dalby FRAS All images: Robert J Dalby
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do you have the develupd piters from the film camra
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Yes it does. The planets occupy more or less the same orbital plane (imagine our solar system reduced to the diameter of a DVD disc. Now picture a stack of three discs one atop the other. Imagine the sun in the centre of the hole and the planet Neptune right on the outer edge of the DVDs - all the rest of the planets would be embedded somewhere in the plastic of the discs and not above or below them). So the outer planets would all, in principle, offer views of the Earth in transit. KR RJD
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video and I was wondering what setup you used up there? Was this your personal setup or just something portable? I wish I could have set my telescope up! Unfortunately, I was in Biology class when this event took place, bummer..Thanks, and great video again! Clear skies to all!
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Very nice. I have a question. How did you attach your dslr camera to your refracting telescope? :) Did you use special eyepiece or what?
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Best pictures of the transit I have seen.You made it very interesting and easy to understand.Thanks for posting,very enjoyable to watch in a nice warm room.
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i can see a BIG STAR!! every morning round about 3.50am is that venus? or is it just mega big star coz this thing lights up like a mini moon
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Hi and thanks for posting. You're right, most of the larger ones are a lot bigger. The largest, more or less round, sunspot seen towards the center of the disk is about 13,000 miles across. So well on its way to twice the size of Venus or the Earth. KR A&NC
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Hi, great post. I have seen the last 50 min of the transit from Sardinia, SW Italy. Managed to get a few good shots with a hand held DSLR through a binocular, of all things, especially at dawn (6:00 local) and at third contact (6:38) local. P.S. I note that the transit is on the upper side of the sun in erected vision, though it looks on the lower side in many images around the web due to reflection.
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Awesome!I have seen the transit from Greece!It was beautifull!
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Nice black drop effect at 3rd contact! I missed the whole thing due to cloud.
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Hi - thanks for posting. At this time of year in Abisko the sun doesn't set and is always above the horizon - not for nothing is it called the land of the midnight sun! The down side, and it's a big one, is the opposite phenomenon in winter when, for several weeks, the sun never rises. Good for astronomy and aurora watching - as long as the bears and the cold don't get you. Regards RJD A&NC
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Here in Roy, Utah we had an interesting day, but it finished well. I had to work, took a viewer and at about 11:45 am we got socked in by very heavy clouds. Lasted all day. At about 7:00pm I started to see some brightness to the west. Kept going out on the ambulance bay with my viewer, at 7:50 the sun appeared and we could see Venus. Great stuff. At 8:10 the sun went behind a tree, only 20 minutes, but still amazing.
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Thanks for sharing this Robert, I was up and missed the event due to cloud cover.
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a lovely view of the skies from Sweden , Venus transit , awesome .
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Some really great footage! Thank you.
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Wow thats brilliant! Does it never get dark there, you've stated that its 0:20 local time but it looks like a normal sunrise
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