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  1. 6th June 2012, 07:17 AM #11
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    Dense cloud this morning, I'll have to watch it on the intermet instead...

    http://www.abc.net.au/science/transitofvenus/
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  3. 6th June 2012, 10:03 AM #13
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    I had a look at it a while ago thru my welding mask.
    Saw the Sun ok but could not see Venus, which is not surprising because i have cataracts on both eyes and cant focus very well anyway.
    Even on the computer I have to zoom in to enable me to read the text.
    But history will record that I looked at it, eh. Ta Da.

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    ... The clouds were here, the clouds were there,
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    Got it



    Took it minutes ago using my 75-300 mm with the welding glass.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lebanon View Post

    Took it minutes ago using my 75-300 mm with the welding glass.
    Are you sure? It finished about 4 1/2 hours ago... I suspect you have a pic of a sunspot there. I had full sun just after lunch 5 1/2 hours ago and could see the planet's disc clearly without magnification, better with a welding glass taped to a 7 x 35mm monocular (binocular with one cap on!) then nearing the end of the transit.

    Venus completes transit of the Sun - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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    Maybe, but it looks like a perfect circle for a sunspot!
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    Bee Utey, you are completely right. This can't be Venus since as you said the transit finished 8 hours ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Could it be a solar spot as you said or have I discovered another celestial body transiting through the sun?????
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    Quote Originally Posted by lebanon View Post
    Bee Utey, you are completely right. This can't be Venus since as you said the transit finished 8 hours ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Could it be a solar spot as you said or have I discovered another celestial body transiting through the sun?????
    You're in a different part of the world though, aren't you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by korg20000bc View Post
    You're in a different part of the world though, aren't you?
    The parallax would add some minutes?


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    Lebanon Time: What is the current local time now in Lebanon Time Zone

    Transit of Venus

    The Transit of Venus, where Venus appears as a dark spot in front of the Sun, will begin at 22:09 GMT on Tuesday 5 June 2012 and will finish at 04:49 GMT on Wednesday 6 June 2012.
    or 7.49am Lebanon time.


    About 5 minutes after the finish advertised for Aust GMT, or 2.15 local time in Adelaide. From the ABC:


    In Australia the event started about 8.15am (AEST) and continued for six-and-a-half hours, finishing at 2.44pm.
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