Anyone watching it? Its too cloudy for me so I'm watching a stream.

LIVE STREAM

Happy Earth-Sun Day!

This is already more interesting than E3...

Giveaway ended?, congrats to all who played. I'm going to leave everything up for those who like solving puzzles.

No posting solutions.

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sun still to high for me maybe at sunset

12 years ago
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Its a shame, guess we'll try to see it next time.

12 years ago
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wat

12 years ago
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In 105 years. What's wrong Jade?

12 years ago
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Well, I'll live that long, but I don't know if you guys will.

12 years ago
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Don't worry about that. Thermaltake will come out in a few years with a human cryogenic chamber, shown first on E3 of course :-)

12 years ago
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gief

12 years ago
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indubitably

12 years ago
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I'm going to check the weather, see if I can see it at sunrise.

12 years ago
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Ironically, the next day was perfect weather for me. I shouldn't stare at the sun too long.

12 years ago
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Hmm need the appropriate glasses, whatever they are called :3

Edit : Actually just checked and it's going to be quite difficult to see from here. It will be quite low in the sky and a bit after the sunrise. I'll have to settle with the stream as well ;<

12 years ago
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Forget the glasses! Stare!

12 years ago
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Nuuuuuuuuuu. My eyes!

12 years ago
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if you want to see it, you will indeed need the appropriate glasses.

or when there are enough clouds in front of the sun you look directly in to the sun
(this advice is at your own risk, writer can not be accountable for any damages that may occur) :)

12 years ago
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I think I had a pair for the last Solar Eclipse, just no idea where it is since it's been a while.

12 years ago
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A pear? Would an apple suffice?

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apple solves everything in physics.
apple = gravity
gravity = planet cyclus

so you need to see a planet with an apple (or a pear if you really really cant find an apple)

12 years ago
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There are methods for watching it that don't require glasses or filters; you just can't look at it directly. Check out http://venustransit.nasa.gov/2012/transit/viewing.php and see if you can use any of the projection methods.

12 years ago
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Clicky if anyone else needs

Thank you, I'll check it out in case I can't find them :)

12 years ago
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Sorry, didn't realize the URL didn't become a link, because it did for me (could be a browser add-on). You might want to see if there's an organized event somewhere near your area, because they'd probably have the appropriate glasses and/or provide other means to safely view the transit. The event closest to me, and I attended, did.

12 years ago
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Unfortunately, as I mentioned on my edit above it will be quite difficult to spot since it will take place close to sunrise which will make it be quite low on the sky, thus quite hard to watch from here unless I can travel outside the city. Thank you for the info though!

About the link, formatting for links in this forum is [text] (url) without the space in between :)

12 years ago
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I'm busy watching Uranus transit.

12 years ago
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Wrong direction.

12 years ago
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Cloudy here, too, unfortunately. :( I'm stuck watching the live feed just like you.

12 years ago
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Looks like I'm going to miss it as it's forecasted to be cloudy (nothing new) at 5am when it comes visible here. I saw the 2004 transit so I wont' be too disappointed in missing it. :-)

12 years ago
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b this is the LAST ONE. in our or maybe our kids lifetimes

12 years ago
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Maybe? Next one is in 2117 ;-)

12 years ago
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Yes, given the span of 105 of 121 years between Venus transits and an average lifespan of what, about 80 years?, there's a good probability that one generation will miss this event completely. For people seeing it now, their children probably won't, but their grandchildren probably will.

Unfortunately for me, I don't remember the 2004 one. I think I was too busy finishing my PhD to worry about much else at the time. It's nice to see this one, but it would have been better if I didn't have to use video feeds to do so.

12 years ago
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live feed is boring so far, gonna go see if i can see from my yard

Edit: dam, the sun is setting behind all the trees, and tehres some clouds around it. :(

can you see venus with the naked eye?

12 years ago
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Its not recommended, you'll burn your retina.

12 years ago
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Right now while it's crossing the Sun, no, don't look at it without proper protection. You need protection to view the Sun. But in general, yes -- if Venus is up in the night sky, it should look like a bright star in the sky. You can probably check any sort of app or web site that shows you what's up in the night sky on a certain day and time, and know if Venus is visible. If it is, go out and take a look.

12 years ago
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Yeah, i was asking if its visible on a general day.

this live stream is pretty boring though. i thought it would look more like a solar eclipse but doesnt look like it will

12 years ago
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Here's a close up view of the start of the transit :-)

12 years ago
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No, it won't, though the basic alignment and such is the same for transits and eclipses. Venus is far too small (in apparent size) to cover the entire Sun the way that the Moon does in a solar eclipse. You'll see basically a small dark dot move across the face of the Sun in this transit. But it's kind of luck that the Moon covers the Sun. There's no real reason that the apparent size of the Moon should be the same as the apparent size of the Sun. We're fortunate that solar eclipses appear the way they do.

12 years ago
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Yeah, New Zealand is covered in fucking cloud. Would have been nice to see it, but I'm more concerned as to whether my house is going to float away right now.

12 years ago
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Clouds suck. Would've been a great day w/o clouds.

12 years ago
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Clouds here too. But funny about this is that it has been crystal clear for many days, except today. :|

12 years ago
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Awesome, next door neighbour's tree came down and thwacked the roof of my office, breaking off the top of the tree and smendling my gutter. Roof seems ok, but damn that was a massive bang.

12 years ago
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That sucks man. Good thing noone was up there watching the sun.

12 years ago
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Stuck watching a stream too. Cloudy here too. :( A shame since I love watching these kinds of things.

12 years ago
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Universe Today are also have a live stream running too :-)

12 years ago
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maybe this time the stars will be right...

12 years ago
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Cloudy night and early sunset meant there wasn't much to see here, but the NASA livestream was fun. Thanks for providing the link.

12 years ago
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My area was clear, I was able to see it perfectly. Hooray for no clouds at 6:45 AM!

12 years ago
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Thats awesome!

12 years ago
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It's snowing so I missed it :(

12 years ago
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I couldn't solve the last question.

12 years ago
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I didn't even realize there was a puzzle/giveaway.

12 years ago
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I recorded the transit of Venus in the video. Here is screenshot.

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Awesome!

12 years ago
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I missed it. I'm mad now ;)

12 years ago
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Perhaps you're early.

12 years ago
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very early

12 years ago
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I want love!

12 years ago
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What is love?

12 years ago
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Baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. No more.

12 years ago
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I just realized that I've never seen the music video.

EDIT: Just saw it. Needs more Roxbury.

12 years ago
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Today is such a sunny day.

12 years ago
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BUMP

12 years ago
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I keep trying, you see it.

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Closed 12 years ago by Exactually.