Wordless Wednesday – Transit of Venus Live!

by Deb on June 6, 2012

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Tagged as: experiment, space

{ 9 comments }

Chris Key via Facebook June 6, 2012 at 8:49 am

I just went and saw this here at work, they have a telescope set up 🙂

Science@home via Facebook June 6, 2012 at 9:21 am

So do I, but I have to keep moving it manually and rescuing it from the wind! Great fun now everything is done, how inconsiderate of Venus to contact just at the busiest time of the day.

Penny June 6, 2012 at 12:35 pm

Wow that’s pretty awesome Deb! I’m very impressed. Now I wish I had a telescope!

Deb June 6, 2012 at 1:22 pm: We tried with a pinhole camera but too blurry to see the little spot. Binoculars work though. I’m having a ball seeing it for real 🙂

Twitchy June 6, 2012 at 12:51 pm

Fantastic shots and what a great practical astronomy lesson! Can’t believe I knew nothing about this until I saw twitter and blogs this morning :/

Deb June 6, 2012 at 1:23 pm: Thanks, I really wish I had a class at the moment, I could build so much around this! Will have to look out for more once in a lifetime events 🙂

ilona June 6, 2012 at 5:49 pm