Art has been looking forward to seeing the Transit of Venus for several weeks now. He's always been interested in astronomy.
This morning I got an e-mail from a dear friend whose husband is an astrophysicist at Northwestern University. She sent us lots of fabulous information about the Venus transit through history. Jeremiah Horrocks observed the transit in 1639.
Art read that Captain Cook himself was involved in studying this sky event. I found this article in the Herald Sun:
Well before I got up Art saw clear skies and excitedly got out the box of supplies he'd saved since July 11, 1991's Solar Eclipse in Kona which was totally awesome.
About 1:00 PM Art used the sun protection card and a monocle to see Venus transitioning across the sun.
I guess it is a good thing he kept all his Eclipse supplies for the past 21 years.
Now he'll never throw anything away.
Besides somebody else could use his equipment in 2117 which is when there will be the next transition of Venus.
And of course now he was determined to take photos of Venus' progress.
I told him he couldn't do it without hurting his eyes or the camera's lens. I told him he should give up. I told him to just watch it on TV. I told him to look at it on Internet.
So of course...
I'm going to send this photo to my astrophysicist friend in Illinois. They know Art. It won't surprise them.
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| Photo from Wikipedia |
Art read that Captain Cook himself was involved in studying this sky event. I found this article in the Herald Sun:
"...Captain Cook traveled to the island of Tahiti in 1769 to observe the transit of Venus and it was on that expedition that he later came upon the east coast of Australia...."
Well before I got up Art saw clear skies and excitedly got out the box of supplies he'd saved since July 11, 1991's Solar Eclipse in Kona which was totally awesome.
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| Art with sun protection card and monocle |
About 1:00 PM Art used the sun protection card and a monocle to see Venus transitioning across the sun.
I guess it is a good thing he kept all his Eclipse supplies for the past 21 years.
Now he'll never throw anything away.
Besides somebody else could use his equipment in 2117 which is when there will be the next transition of Venus.
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| Sun protection card and Panasonic Lumix camera |
And of course now he was determined to take photos of Venus' progress.
I told him he couldn't do it without hurting his eyes or the camera's lens. I told him he should give up. I told him to just watch it on TV. I told him to look at it on Internet.
So of course...
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| Transit of Venus by Art |
I'm going to send this photo to my astrophysicist friend in Illinois. They know Art. It won't surprise them.
