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Sky Events: Transit of Venus at sunrise from Brighton Beach
Posted by: lynn_s on Jun 09, 2004 - 07:10 AM
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Nine of us were at Brighton Beach by 4:45 yesterday morning to catch the end of the transit of Venus. The Sun came up out of the lake at 5:17 with Venus already close to its edge, a sharp black dot that was visible through the eclipse glasses even with the Sun that low.
Third contact came at 6:04 and Venus was off the disk at about 6:23. Rick's Unitron with a Baader film filter gave the best view. Dave got the black drop effect on his webcam, but only just.
Nobody alive has seen one before 2004, and the next is June 2012. From Duluth the 2012 transit happens in the late afternoon, so we will see the whole first half of it.
Thanks to the sixty or so early risers who stopped on their way to work.
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Worth getting up for
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by rtorgerson on Jun 09, 2004 - 08:30 AM
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Saw it from the beach with my wife. Venus looked bigger than I expected.
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Glad I came
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by dobfan10 on Jun 09, 2004 - 12:02 PM
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Saw the sign on the road and pulled over. I have an XT10 at home and never knew there was a club. Registered.
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Webcam frames
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by dhalvorsen on Jun 09, 2004 - 06:45 PM
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Ten frames of the black drop are up in the forum. The seeing over the lake was bad.
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