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Transit of Venus
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05/06/2012 09:39:59
 
 
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05/06/2012 08:04:39
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Space
Category:
Eclipses
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01545321
Message ID:
01545329
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>Transit of Venus in front of the Sun, last time this century. As with a solar eclipse, looking directly at the Sun is dangerous - I am not sure whether there would be much to see, anyway, but specially designed, extremely dark glasses might be used. I am not sure whether welder's glasses are dark enough. And looking through a telescope or binoculars is VERY dangerous - the concentrated light is enough to start a fire. However, if you do have a telescope, an image can be projected on a piece of paper.

That assumes there will not be enough advance in spaceflight to put humans in position to watch a transit any day of the week.
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