"John Smith" wrote in message
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Rob Over field wrote:
"John Smith" wrote in message
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sunimage wrote:

From what I understand the transit is a black circle moving across
the face of the sun.

Exciting times!

John


No, its the silhouette of the planet Venus.

Obviously!

Anyway if watching a silhouette (black circle) is your cup of tea, go
for it!


John


sigh
Good to tell you have NO sense of the appropriate, nor an interest in
astronomy. The last one of these occurred in 1882, the next one which
is
wholly visible in the UK is June 2247 AFAIK.

That's why there's programmes on BBC1 about it on Tuesday morning....

--
Rob Overfield
Hull; 3m ASL
http://www.astrosport02.karoo.net/YorkshireWeather/

Hull & East Riding Astronomical Society
http://www.heras.org




Obviously I am missing something here!

I love the weather, I love watching and learning about the weather. I
also love reading and learning about astronomy.

A total eclipse maybe, but a black circle that will cover just 3% of the
sun (as it will appear from the Earth). Come on!

Well then I might offer the observation that your love of astronomy isn't
what it might be. It may not be much of a spectacle but for rarity value,
its worth the effort.

Don't forget that it was one of these that Captain Cook had to go round the
world to see, as it gave astronomers of the time a chance to calculate the
Earth-Sun distance, something that wasn't known at the time.

Now I got to go, I've got things to finish organising for tomorrow and to
cap it all, I've got to face the possibility of having a BBC Look North film
crew there as well. Thats all I need... :-(
--
Rob Overfield
President - Hull & East Riding AS
www.heras.org.uk