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[blobrana]

Hum, not often you see Venus during the daytime...
But today, the Moon will occult (blot out) Venus, as seen from some locations in Europe, northern Africa and western Asia.
In the US and elsewhere the two objects will be stunningly close to each other. (Make a nice backdrop picture)
This Rare event will occur during daylight , look about 25 degrees East of the Sun; like Venus , the Moon will appear as a very thin crescent.
In Aberdeen , Scotland it`ll make first contact at 12:25 00 pm GMT

Disappearance times:

LONDON 11h 9m 33s UT 57 52 115 ( Alt Alt Az )
KATHMANDU 13h 21m 22s UT -4 20 29 (Alt Alt Az)

Venus will appear about 1 hour 9 minutes later....

[Bobsonsirjonny]

I've texted my mate Axeman - He gets an hour for lunch..

He's into his astronomy - he even moved house to a place up a mountain in the middle of nowhere as there is less light polution. He's adapted his camera and attached it to his telescope to get some fantastic pictures.

[sumner7]

Amazing! :-o

[Vincent]

blobrana wrote:
In Aberdeen , Scotland it`ll make first contact at 12:25 00 pm GMT
It's a completely kak day up here, can't see the sky, the sun or the moon so I don't think I'll be seeing Venus :-(

[Bobsonsirjonny]

Lots of white fluffy clouds in the sky - between the patches its perfectly blue - a warm great day.. :-D

But alas the clouds are sitting in front of this phenomina..

Bugger. :-(

[Crumpster]

Great, the only blue sky here is in the west.

The rest is filled with very dark clouds. Looks like it's gonna rain.

Thanks to the crappy British weather we miss yet another atronomical event. :pissed:

Anyone remember the total eclipse in Cornwall? The only way you could see it was by turning on the TV and watching the RAF Hurcules film it from above the clouds. And then it only had a camera on one side so they had to fill with a load of crap until it was back in position!!

Grrr.
Graham C

[Vincent]

Crumpster wrote:
Anyone remember the total eclipse in Cornwall? The only way you could see it was by turning on the TV and watching the RAF Hurcules film it from above the clouds.
We could see that one from here :-P

It wasn't a total eclipse up here, but it was pretty close.

[blobrana]

Bother!

sunny... then hailstones at the crucial time... now its sunny...

Hummm... i`ll just make do with the comet (http://www.geocities.com/douglasrana/comet.htm)

[yea , i remember watching the thing on the tv, then dashing outside to the park, with my telescope, to view a beautiful crescent in a cloudless sky...]

[Bobsonsirjonny]

Crumpster wrote:
Great, the only blue sky here is in the west.

The rest is filled with very dark clouds. Looks like it's gonna rain.

Thanks to the crappy British weather we miss yet another atronomical event. :pissed:

Anyone remember the total eclipse in Cornwall? The only way you could see it was by turning on the TV and watching the RAF Hurcules film it from above the clouds. And then it only had a camera on one side so they had to fill with a load of crap until it was back in position!!

Grrr.
Graham C



I headed down to the Isles of Scilly to watch it. I love those islands. It was absolutely fantastic. I bought a special filter for my SLR - but alas due to me forgetting my fat lens, and some cloud cover acting as a filter - I couldn't really get anything. I then was interviewed with my Dad by local BBC radio.

Still - once developed I was able to bring the images up a little - and sure enough I got a good photo. It currently overlooks the downstairs toilet in my parents house..

I was amazed at how quick the sun dissapeared - you could see the shadow trace over the Atlantic. It was fantastic :-)

[sumner7]

I didn't see venus. :-(

[blobrana]

Well there`s a nice event, that the whole astronomy community is buzzing about, about to happen...

And it`s just as rare... (well worth going blind for)...

THE TRANSIT :-) (http://mysite.freeserve.com/blobrana/features/transit.htm)

[graffias79]

@blobrana

I have to say your website is very nice and always a pleasure to browse through. Keep up the good work!

-Jamie

[blobrana]

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