Saturday, June 2, 2012

Transit of Venus

One more Astronomical Event Next one will NOT occur until 2117

Transit of Venus, June 5th, 
This will be the last transit of Venus to occur in your lifetime!
(When it rains, it pours... but, not figuratively...)
You can get transit times for your location here...
Fun Web Site!
http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/where-when/local-transit-times/






Transit times
2012

4909 NE 47th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98661, USA
76%
ingress exterior
Jun 5
14:06:07
ingress interior
Jun 5
14:23:33
transit center
Jun 5
17:27:05
egress interior
Jun 5
20:30:13
egress exterior
Jun 5
20:48:02
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Times in GMT -8
Latitude45°.65775 N (45°39′27″.9 N)
Longitude122°.62345 W (122°37′24″.4 W)
Clouds76%
ContactTimeh / AP / d
ingress exteriorJun 5
14:06:07
57°.1
55°.5
41°.2
974″.7
ingress interiorJun 5
14:23:33
54°.5
61°.0
38°.7
916″.9
closest approachJun 5
17:25:54
23°.5
98°.0
343°.5
545″.3
egress interiorJun 5
20:30:13
-5°.4
130°.7
291°.6
916″.0
egress exteriorJun 5
20:48:02
-7°.7
134°.1
289°.1
974″.7
Sunrise04:27:26
Sunset19:53:41



























and you can get

Get iPad, iphone, android apps here

http://www.transitofvenus.org/
This is one terrific web site! by the way



Remember, Never look directly at the sun!  Don't aim your camera at the sun, you can burn out sensor cells.


Look at an projected image of the sun, use a camera obscura (Pin hole) projectivon.


For Photo tips go here

http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/observing/photographing-the-transit/

It's going to be clear, right!?





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