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Don Seer

just saw the venus eclipse
« on: June 08, 2004, 01:30:44 AM »
someone here at work had a pair for blocking out when we had that proper eclipse a while back..

lil teeny black spot in bottom right corner of sun.. cant see with naked eye or with my oakleys on, lol
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smerlus

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Re:just saw the venus eclipse
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2004, 01:34:54 AM »
Quote from: Overseer on June 08, 2004, 01:30:44 AM
someone here at work had a pair for blocking out when we had that proper eclipse a while back..

lil teeny black spot in bottom right corner of sun.. cant see with naked eye or with my oakleys on, lol

how rare is this type of eclipse?
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Don Seer

Re:just saw the venus eclipse
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2004, 01:48:28 AM »
"Transits of Venus across the disk of the Sun are among the rarest of planetary alignments. Indeed, only six such events have occurred since the invention of the telescope (1631, 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874 and 1882). The next two transits of Venus will occur on 2004 June 08 and 2012 June 06. "

the next one after that isnt until 2117

as you can see they come in pairs 8 years apart.
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I-Yoof

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Re:just saw the venus eclipse
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2004, 12:37:00 PM »
Was a bit of an anti climax - fuck all happened.
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Don Seer

Re:just saw the venus eclipse
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2004, 01:45:24 PM »
you needed special glasses to see it.... it was there... without them you wouldnt have noticed.. which is why it was only discovered in 1631..
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Jome

Re:just saw the venus eclipse
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2004, 07:52:54 PM »
Yeah, it was gangsta..  8)
Didn't really see that much though, lol

Last time it was viewable here was in 1769, next time will be in 2046 or something..
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