gonna watch it with my telescope in the morning (refractor/projecting)
2012 Transit of Venus
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6 Jun 2012, 00:11
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http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/
Venus will come across the sun, you are not suppose to look at it with your eyes or you go blind..
kinda interesting :P
Venus will come across the sun, you are not suppose to look at it with your eyes or you go blind..
kinda interesting :P
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i'm not sure if its right to watch it with even a telescope? isnt there special glasses or smthing?
sure it is. you can for example have a solar filter which blocks out like 99.999% of incoming light or like me, you could remove the eyepiece and just project it into a white surface (if i had my eyepiece in the focus, the glass of the lens would most probably melt. not as fancy but im poor (:XD), but the dot should still be visible. it might even be visible through a welders' mask
You would need a filter yes. It should be high quality aswell because if it melts you will go blind as you have 100x the usual amount of sunlight directed right at your eye.
a filter cant really melt as it is attached to the telescope before then main lens/mirror (you really really shouldnt use one thats attached to the focus/eyepiece, thats just asking for trouble :D)
Ye unfortuately those "sun oculars" are quite widespread..
Why would it be more dangerous to look at the sun now than in normal time?
You can get blind said by NASA.. idk give it a try o.o during the eclipse
1 am here, won't see a lot :P
You need to wait the sunrise.
no shit :D
its actually healthier, since venus (which is like ten billion times dimmer) blocks out a bit of the light :D
A small part of the sunlight is blocked but its still harmful for your eyes indeed.
still healthier than 24/7 gayming on a 60hz crt
My eyes are fine! :)
transit of penis
to venus
Saw it on the back of my hand through a telescope, get on my level yo
cloudy as fuck here couldnt see shit
saw it like 10 years ago
it only happens after ever 1000 years
actually it happened in 2004 too, next will be 2117
im assuming that is a different one, i dont thinks its a venus trasit
"The last transit of Venus was on 5 and 6 June 2012, and was the last Venus transit of the 21st century; the prior transit took place on 8 June 2004. The previous pair of transits were in December 1874 and December 1882. The next transits of Venus will be December 10-11, 2117, and in December 2125"
damn.. wont be able to see the next one then LOL
Only real men look it with their bare eyes.
