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venus in front of the sun thing is in a few hours
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venus puts on a rare show
is anyone going to be awake to see it? i can't make it, and plus i have nothing to stare at the sun through.
hopefully there will be some nice images released soon.
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Originally posted by mdc:
venus puts on a rare show
is anyone going to be awake to see it? i can't make it, and plus i have nothing to stare at the sun through.
hopefully there will be some nice images released soon.
Well, I was just about to pop outside with my eclipse viewing glasses, but the sun seems to have gone behind a cloud  ! Typical British weather.
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just watched it with perfect sunny conditions here in Hamburg! 
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Originally posted by Gee4orce:
Well, I was just about to pop outside with my eclipse viewing glasses, but the sun seems to have gone behind a cloud ! Typical British weather.
Its sunny here :-)) ... but I'm at work :-((
I am watching the venus transit on a webcam here http://www.sternwarte-antares.ch/web...?0640x0480d12?
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Originally posted by mdc:
venus puts on a rare show
is anyone going to be awake to see it? i can't make it, and plus i have nothing to stare at the sun through.
hopefully there will be some nice images released soon.
By the way, I thought it was not visible in the US??
And don't you even have some music CDs? Take two, hold them close to your eyes and enjoy! 
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Originally posted by badidea:
By the way, I thought it was not visible in the US??
And don't you even have some music CDs? Take two, hold them close to your eyes and enjoy!
Yeah, those times are from about midnight to about 6:30 in the morning here... so the sun isn't visible from the US during that time.
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Weather is great, but I don't have sun staring glasses, and won't get ones. I don't think it's worth it.
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Nasrudin sat on a river bank when someone shouted to him from the opposite side: "Hey! how do I get across?" "You are across!" Nasrudin shouted back.
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The earth is sorta currently in the way of the sun right now 
Much worse than cloud cover.
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Well, I managed to get a look. Pretty impressive. Venus is right on the limits of my vision, just a tiny round spec on the sun. Wow the sun is a damned big thing though !
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Time to blow up Venus!
Are we willing to have OTHER planets taking OUR sunlight!
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My husband and daughter just came back from viewing it with our little telescope in a local field. The fog lifted just in time to see Venus at the very edge of the sun, they said.
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I SO want Venus Williams to issue a press release denying her attempts to block the sun.
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Of all the days it decided to be bloody hot, with heavy high cloud. Couldn't see any blue sky, never mind the sun.
weather at my location
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Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
Of all the days it decided to be bloody hot, with heavy high cloud. Couldn't see any blue sky, never mind the sun.
weather at my location
Hot? It's a little warmer here. Technically were having a cool spell. No clouds in the sky but i have no chance of seeing the transit. Maybe in 8 years i'll get a chance.
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Originally posted by Mediaman_12:
Of all the days it decided to be bloody hot, with heavy high cloud. Couldn't see any blue sky, never mind the sun.
weather at my location
64 degrees Fahrenheit is bloody hot?!! 
Jeez, where I am it's not predicted to get that cool even in the middle of the night, when it will be raining!
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