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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I miss looming Pete.
Today CJ is spending a shift at one of the local fire departments, I think he is there from 7am to 7pm. Now that he has passed probation in ARP, he can do this at least once a month but this is his first time. I can't wait for him to get home and share all he got to do.
Does anyone know how long the Transit of Venus lasts? The observatory here says it starts at 6:04, and obviously sunset ends things, but that's not until past 8:30 right now. It's pretty darn cloudy and I'm wondering if we'll have any chance at all.
Does anyone know how long the Transit of Venus lasts?
Four or five hours, IIRC.
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Observers in North America see Venus on June 5 around 6:04 p.m. EDT until sunset. The entire transit lasts over six hours.
Is there a droid app you can use to watch the venus transit?
Okay, so if the cloud cover clears up some by 7pm we still get plenty of transit. Sun sets at 8:40. (Go team weather.com for having quarter-hour predictions for the next 4 hours. Things should get better, although not perfect, between 6:45 and 7pm.)
So, it starts in a few minutes? Shoul I go outside? Would I see anything, or do I need something? (I'm at UCLA)
Apparently Venus is kind of little, so it's better through a telescope. And of course, don't look directly at the sun. But you can safely view using your phone camera I think.
Nasa is webcasting from Hawaii: [link]
So, is Venus that teeney tiny little black spot on the lower lefthand edge of the sun?
Yup, that's it.
Timelies all!
Family ~ma, Cashmere.