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June 5th 04, 11:03 AM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
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. |
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June 5th 04, 10:01 PM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
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 |
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June 6th 04, 08:42 AM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
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 yes, almost as exciting as watching clouds. |
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June 6th 04, 08:52 AM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
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 yes, almost as exciting as watching clouds. ....and **** you |
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June 6th 04, 06:10 PM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
"John Smith" wrote in message ... 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 |
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June 6th 04, 09:39 PM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
Robover field wrote:
"John Smith" wrote in message ... 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 Well I am sorry for my ignorance but I doubt on my death bed I will think "Shame I missed that black circle moving across the sun in 2004, what a unfulfilling life I must have had." |
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June 6th 04, 09:48 PM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
Rob Over field wrote:
"John Smith" wrote in message ... 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! |
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June 7th 04, 06:03 PM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
"John Smith" wrote in message ... Rob Over field wrote: "John Smith" wrote in message ... 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 |
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June 7th 04, 07:00 PM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
"Rob Overfield" wrote in message ... 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... :-( .... go on, you enjoy it really ;-) Martin. |
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June 7th 04, 07:13 PM
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The Transit of Venus - Live Webcast - BBC Wiltshire website
"Martin Rowley" wrote in message news:vO3xc.467$Zd5.264@newsfe1-win... "Rob Overfield" wrote in message ... 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... :-( ... go on, you enjoy it really ;-) Considering I've never had to face the dratted things before, I'll let you know after the event as to whether I enjoyed it...! So if you get your Look North from Hull (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) you might want to consider switching off when it comes on. -- Rob Overfield Hull; 3m ASL http://www.astrosport02.karoo.net/YorkshireWeather/ |
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