2012 Venus Solar Transit, June 5-6 - Page 6 - Orbiter-Forum

**statickid** · 06-06-2012, 06:33 AM

Here's my photo, taken as a projection from binoculars onto paper, from Neah Bay, Washington, USA

Keatah · 06-06-2012, 07:00 AM

So much for cell-a-phone cameras.. This is all she got.
Attachment 10148

Unstung · 06-06-2012, 07:08 AM

Looks like the ESA video became private, so here's the view from the SDO in 171 angstrom (extreme ultraviolet):

Transit of Venus, Ingress, 171 Angstrom

Will · 06-06-2012, 07:09 AM

Far too cloudy here in the South East of England

Keatah · 06-06-2012, 07:25 AM

View from Stellarium.. I grew up in a time when software like this wasn't available even to the highest offices of NASA or for that matter, any observatory. So this is still remarkable and amazing to me!

Attachment 10149

Keatah · 06-06-2012, 07:52 AM

I guess ESA reposted their video in a higher resolution..

Venus solar transit 2012 - Proba-2's journey across the Sun - YouTube

Gerdih · 06-06-2012, 09:43 AM

Yes! I saw it from Barcelona projecting the image in a paper with my telescope!

**orb** · 06-06-2012, 08:43 PM

NASA \| SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit - YouTube

NASA Goddard: SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit

Suzy · 06-06-2012, 09:39 PM

It was cloudy in Melbourne but I got good views through cloud gaps and we had the full 6 hour transit visible here

My setup was a bit primitive (projected through binoculars onto paper) but I managed to get some photos. (I also saw the 2004 transit the same way)

Couple of articles: "An Australian view of Venus", "Why is the transit of Venus so rare?"

**tblaxland** · 06-07-2012, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keatah

I guess ESA reposted their video in a higher resolution..
Venus solar transit 2012 - Proba-2's journey across the Sun - YouTube

That video is an excellent demonstration of parallax - compare the sinusoidal path of Venus across the Sun with the one from SDO

**orb** · 06-07-2012, 02:34 PM

Universe Today: Thierry Legault: One Transit is Not Enough (Transit of Venus combined with transit of HST)

**Artlav** · 06-07-2012, 02:47 PM

If you've seen these picture without comments, would you call them real or fake?

JAXA's Solar-B got one of the best seats:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hi...it_hinode.html

T.Neo · 06-07-2012, 03:23 PM

There seem to be some kind of anti-aliasing errors on the sunward limb of Venus, between the atmospheric haze and the planet's surface, as is sometimes encountered in simulators such as Orbiter or Celestia. Based on that, I would say fake...

**Yoda** · 06-07-2012, 06:17 PM

These are actually real images; doesn't take much magnification to get this and it looks like they were taken from some earth orbiting source due to the lack of atmospheric disturbance in the image.

T.Neo · 06-07-2012, 11:37 PM

I'm aware of that; I was just answering Artlav's question 'If you've seen these pictures without comments, would you call them real or fake?'.

06-06-2012, 06:33 AM	#76
statickid CatDog from Deimos	My photo Here's my photo, taken as a projection from binoculars onto paper, from Neah Bay, Washington, USA Attached Thumbnails

06-06-2012, 07:00 AM	#77
Keatah Orbinaut	So much for cell-a-phone cameras.. This is all she got. Attachment 10148 Last edited by Keatah; 02-03-2013 at 08:46 PM.

06-06-2012, 07:25 AM	#80
Keatah Orbinaut	View from Stellarium.. I grew up in a time when software like this wasn't available even to the highest offices of NASA or for that matter, any observatory. So this is still remarkable and amazing to me! Attachment 10149 Last edited by Keatah; 02-03-2013 at 08:46 PM.

06-06-2012, 09:39 PM	#84
Suzy Orbinaut	It was cloudy in Melbourne but I got good views through cloud gaps and we had the full 6 hour transit visible here My setup was a bit primitive (projected through binoculars onto paper) but I managed to get some photos. (I also saw the 2004 transit the same way) Couple of articles: "An Australian view of Venus", "Why is the transit of Venus so rare?" Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Suzy; 06-06-2012 at 09:49 PM.

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06-06-2012, 07:09 AM	#79
Will Orbinaut	Far too cloudy here in the South East of England

06-06-2012, 09:43 AM	#82
Gerdih Orbinaut	Yes! I saw it from Barcelona projecting the image in a paper with my telescope!

06-07-2012, 12:20 PM	#85
tblaxland Webmaster	Quote: Originally Posted by Keatah I guess ESA reposted their video in a higher resolution.. Venus solar transit 2012 - Proba-2's journey across the Sun - YouTube That video is an excellent demonstration of parallax - compare the sinusoidal path of Venus across the Sun with the one from SDO

06-07-2012, 02:34 PM	#86
orb O-F Administrator	Universe Today: Thierry Legault: One Transit is Not Enough (Transit of Venus combined with transit of HST)

06-07-2012, 02:47 PM	#87
Artlav Aperiodic traveller	If you've seen these picture without comments, would you call them real or fake? JAXA's Solar-B got one of the best seats: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hi...it_hinode.html

06-07-2012, 03:23 PM	#88
T.Neo SA 2010 Soccermaniac	There seem to be some kind of anti-aliasing errors on the sunward limb of Venus, between the atmospheric haze and the planet's surface, as is sometimes encountered in simulators such as Orbiter or Celestia. Based on that, I would say fake...

06-07-2012, 06:17 PM	#89
Yoda Donator	These are actually real images; doesn't take much magnification to get this and it looks like they were taken from some earth orbiting source due to the lack of atmospheric disturbance in the image.

06-07-2012, 11:37 PM	#90
T.Neo SA 2010 Soccermaniac	I'm aware of that; I was just answering Artlav's question 'If you've seen these pictures without comments, would you call them real or fake?'.