#venus transition

[acharyakrishna]

Planet Venus will move through the Sagittarius sign from 18 January 2024 to 12 February 2024. Let's explore the effects of this transit on e

[a-z-r-a-e-l]

Venus Transition

Credit: https://www.facebook.com/HouseofPhotography

[xntrek]

There's a little black spot on the sun today (That is Venus out there) It's not the same old thing as yesterday (It won't happen for another 240 years)

- My Mrs Who apparently blames me for her starting to think like me and see links everywhere. I told her she was welcome. And awesome.

[filmlook]

Exciting day and I will be sure to watch this transition.

[thescienceofreality]

venusandutah replied to your photo: 2012 Transits of Venus “Transits of Venus across...

I’m so thrilled by this you have no idea. Can it only be seen by telescope?

Brilliant question! Yes! But you will want to take proper viewing precautions as you will be staring directly into the sun. Which you can learn about below:

"The safest way to observe a transit of Venus is to project the image of the Sun through a refracting telescope on to a piece of white card (i.e. the image of the Sun is projected backward through the telescope, from the main object glass through to the eyepiece and on to the card). In practice, a second piece of card is normally attached to the telescope, positioned just ahead of the eyepiece and perpendicular to the telescope's axis, in order to create a shadow around the projected image and thereby improving its contrast. The solar image on the card appears pale white, the silhouette of Venus looking like a small black dot (rather like a large sunspot). The projected image may be flipped horizontally and/or vertically, depending upon the telescope's optical arrangement.

Binoculars can similarly be used to project the Sun on to a piece of card. The resulting image is naturally smaller than that from a  telescope and, of course - unless one of the lenses is capped - the binoculars produce two identical images.

Transits can also be observed safely through a telescope by attaching an aluminised mylar solar filter to the front of the telescope, ahead of the object glass(always ensuring beforehand that the filter has not been damaged in any way!!). If a mylar filter is used the solar disk appears pale blue. Filters can also be purchased which can be attached to conventional cameras for photographing the event.

Similar filters for observing transits are commercially available which allow direct observing of the Sun using a pair of cardboard 'spectacles' (referred to as solar viewers or eclipse shades); these are commonly sold to the general public in advance of a total eclipse of the Sun. Again, extreme caution must be taken when using them.

When wearing eye protection, Venus can be seen against the Sun using just the naked-eye. During the June 2004 transit, the author was fortunate enough to have clear skies for the event from his observing location in the south-western United Kingdom. Looking through solar viewer 'glasses', Venus could just be discerned as a tiny dot - at the threshold of visibility - against the solar disk.

More information on how to safely view the Sun can be found at Chuck Bueter's Transit of Venus site and NASA."

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I hope you have a great time viewing this once in a lifetime event! And remember to protect your peepers. [: