Transit of Venus 2012

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Transit of Venus 2012

Postby Мастер » Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:40 am

Just a reminder to everyone not to miss it, and to be sure to perform all the appropriate occult ceremonies.

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Postby Superluminal » Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:07 am

Preliminary forcast for here is cloudy. :evil:
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Postby Мастер » Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:19 am

If you leave now, you'll be here in plenty of time.
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Postby Enzo » Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:57 pm

I'll be sure to note if the brightness of the sun is diminished.
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Postby Arneb » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:08 am

boy, it was awesome. Photos to follow. I had to change the memory card during the transit, if that tells you anything...
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Postby Superluminal » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:53 am

Enzo wrote:I'll be sure to note if the brightness of the sun is diminished.

Sun was diminished quite a bit, but it was by clouds. Got to see it off and on.
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Postby Enzo » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:55 am

Well yeah, of course. Venus is just COVERED with clouds.
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