Bloody weather.

Posted by: Tony Lockhart on 05 June 2012

Well, at least I watched the last transit of Venus back in '04 through a welder's mask (I'm not a real welder).
This is a screenshot of my iPhone's Skyview app.
Did any of our friends around the world enjoy a better experience?

Tony

Posted on: 06 June 2012 by Geoff P

Some Pictures here:

http://news.uk.msn.com/in-pict...oss-the-sun/#image=1

Also Horizon proggy on BBC HD tonight

BTW they all say it happens once every 100 or so years so I don't know what you saw back in '04 Tony.

Posted on: 06 June 2012 by Fraser Hadden

Geoff,

The transits happen in pairs, the elements of the pair being separated by 8 years - i.e. the last transit was indeed in 2004. The next instance of the first of the pair is 2117.

Fraser

Posted on: 06 June 2012 by Tony Lockhart

Fraser,

You beat me to it you bugger! Lol.

Tony

Posted on: 06 June 2012 by Derek Wright

However a lady posting on a photo forum posted some pictures taken in Norway this morning.

http://e-group.uk.net/forum/showthread.php?t=20918

Posted on: 06 June 2012 by winkyincanada

Originally Posted by Derek Wright:

However a lady posting on a photo forum posted some pictures taken in Norway this morning.

http://e-group.uk.net/forum/showthread.php?t=20918

Wow.