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Anyone going to watch the Venus Transit?

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Candre

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Yup. I\'m in the western U.S so I\'ll see it in the evening hours. I plan to cover up the aperture as much as possible on my 76mm reflector scope. I\'ll then hold a piece of paper up to the objective for some great indirect viewing - that is if it isn\'t cloudy. If I miss an amazing astronomical event because of clouds again...

Number 3 on this list of viewing methods

EDIT: For the benefit of others who won\'t have access to any fancy-shmancy viewing equipment, I suggest looking at pinhole projections as an option. They can be easily constructed from household materials.

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Candre

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It looks like the entire U.S will see it. Not just the western parts. My mistake.

The only places that will miss it are parts of South America, Africa, and Spain. Europe will see it in the morning. I don\'t know the precise time that it starts, but it doesn\'t really matter because it\'s a 6-hour event.

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It looks like the entire U.S will see it. Not just the western parts. My mistake.

The only places that will miss it are parts of South America, Africa, and Spain. Europe will see it in the morning. I don\'t know the precise time that it starts, but it doesn\'t really matter because it\'s a 6-hour event.

Aww, come one, sunrise?!

I missed it!

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According to this site and the hour of the sunrise, I will be able to see it about ~1h, between ~5:53 AM (time GTM +2, Paris) and ~6:55 AM.

Sadly, weather forecast said it will be rainy :\'( I really hope the sky will be clear !

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Ydoow

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It should start around 6pm Est for me, I have a math test at 6:50 so I lucked out.

Just gonna bring my telescope right to college lol.

Still need to figure out what type of lens to buy then overnight it I guess.

Any advice one what type of lens to buy?

Like I don\'t know much of telescopes, I don\'t know the size or anything. What part would I buy the filter for, the large end or small viewing piece? What part should I measure out to know which sized filter to buy is what I need to know

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FINALLY SOMETHING LIKE AN ECLIPSE HAPPENS HERE!!! The annual eclipse wasn\'t visual here.... This hopefully will be... I still probably won\'t get to see it but that\'s what live streams are for...(I don\'t have the proper UV protection to look directly at the sun.)

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Capt'n Skunky

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Here\'s how I will be watching...

I have an AstroScan telescope. What I do for sun viewing is use the telescope like a projector. If you point the telescope at the sun and the eye piece at a large flat white surface (preferrably in the shade), it will project a huge image of the sun. My favorite method is to put a portable movie screen in a garage then set the telescope just outside projecting into the garage and onto the screen.

I\'ve been able to study a 4\' wide live image of the sun in great detail. You can see sunspots really well. It\'s great for eclipses too. And the best part of this method is that a large number of people can see it at the same time without having to take turns at the eyepiece.

Arrr!

Capt\'n Skunky

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I just realized how idiotic that post made me seem... I used to have a telescope that had the proper protection from the sun... I put it near my window with the window open, five seconds later it falls out the window and gets hit by a car... I wounder if I can make my own solar viewing devices.

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MrMadGameplay

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I really want to watch it, but I have nothing to watch it with, will sun glasses work? or could I use my binoculars with a camcorder on the end?

Also my binoculars have these strange orangey red caps that I don\'t know are for, will they work?

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Can\'t you look through a CD, or something?

I seem to remember that being a thing during the Solar Eclipse 10 or so years ago.

http://www.transitofvenus.org/june2012/eye-safety/280-viewing-the-transit-eye-safety

'More recently, solar observers have used floppy disks and compact disks (CDs and CD-ROMs) as protective filters by covering the central openings and looking through the disk media. However, the optical quality of the solar image formed by a floppy disk or CD is relatively poor compared to aluminized polyester or welder’s glass. Some CDs are made with very thin aluminum coatings that are not safe—if a lighted light bulb can be seen through the CD, it should not be used!'

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Ydoow

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I really want to watch it, but I have nothing to watch it with, will sun glasses work? or could I use my binoculars with a camcorder on the end?

Also my binoculars have these strange orangey red caps that I don\'t know are for, will they work?

Neither of those will work.

If you aren\'t sure about the binoculars, don\'t even try.

Looking at the sun with magnification can literally cook your retina\'s to blindness in under a second. So seriously, don\'t.

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