Robover 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




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."

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!

"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

"Rob Overfield" wrote in message
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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.

"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
news:vO3xc.467$Zd5.264@newsfe1-win...

"Rob Overfield" wrote in message
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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/

Yn erthygl , sgrifennodd
Rob Overfield :
And if you miss this one, the next one is AD2125 or AD2247! Been so busy
organising the local event for viewing the transit, so if anyone in the Hull
area wants a look, we're at the Cottingham Golf Club, off Harland Way.

Or June 6th 2012, which is more realistic. In Britain it will be
nearly over when the sun rises, but if you're an early riser
you should see it. Nice map at
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclips.../Map2012-1.GIF
(see also http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclips...enus0412.html).

Short break in cloud here at 8:15 am enabled us to see it briefly.
The "warmest day of the year" (forecast) so far has a maximum of 18.4
and the temperature has been falling since mid morning.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 860 ft/260 m asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

Sky was a bit cloudy, but I was able to get an image through the high stuff.


look on
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chris_g...eather%20Links
at the end of pictures.

(not the best image - projected onto a card then photographed the card)

Regards

Chris Gadsby



"Adrian D. Shaw" wrote in message
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Yn erthygl , sgrifennodd
Rob Overfield :
And if you miss this one, the next one is AD2125 or AD2247! Been so busy
organising the local event for viewing the transit, so if anyone in the
Hull
area wants a look, we're at the Cottingham Golf Club, off Harland Way.

Or June 6th 2012, which is more realistic. In Britain it will be
nearly over when the sun rises, but if you're an early riser
you should see it. Nice map at
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclips.../Map2012-1.GIF
(see also http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclips...enus0412.html).

Short break in cloud here at 8:15 am enabled us to see it briefly.
The "warmest day of the year" (forecast) so far has a maximum of 18.4
and the temperature has been falling since mid morning.

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 860 ft/260 m asl)

--
Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

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


John

Only way you will ever see Venus as a disc.... Enjoyed the novelty.
Also a great impression of a working moving Solar System...

Was lucky with the cloud, but missed 3rd and 4th contact.

Richard Webb