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posted June 01, 2012 09:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/venus-transit-2012-planet-cross-face-sun-wednesday/story?id=16475893#.T8kQPo6dJSU

Watch with care. Tuesday afternoon, U.S. time, we earthlings will be treated to the rare spectacle of a transit of Venus -- the heavens aligning so that the small black disc of the planet Venus marches slowly across the face of the sun.

Transit of Venus. It sounds like the title of a romantic novel -- and, in fact, there have been a few over the years -- but instead it is a minor astronomical phenomenon. Venus, the second planet from the sun, orbits in almost the same plane Earth does -- almost but not exactly. Orbiting the sun once every 225 Earth-days, it often passes between us and the sun, but from our point of view, it usually appears to pass just above or below it.

On Tuesday at 6:09 p.m. EDT, though, Earth, Venus and the sun will be in a straight line. For the next six hours and 40 minutes (times will vary slightly depending on your location), it will slowly move from one side of the sun's disc to the other -- appearing, NASA says, as a black dot about 1/32 as large as the sun itself.

The best viewing will be from the Pacific, including Hawaii, Alaska, Japan and easternmost Asia. For the rest of the United States, the sun will set while the transit is still in progress.

Perhaps that's just as well, because astronomers repeatedly warn how dangerous it is to look directly into the sun. It's better to look at an image projected through a telescope or pair of binoculars onto a flat surface. If you happen to be a welder, No. 14 welder's glass or darker is considered safe. NASA has compiled viewing advice you can find here, and will also have a webcast Tuesday afternoon and evening.

One very simple viewer you can make is called a pinhole projector. Prick a tiny hole (several are better) in a piece of thick paper or cardboard, and let the sunlight passing through it fall on a second sheet. You'll find that the pinhole acts as a tiny lens, projecting a just-big-enough image of the sun to show the tiny dot of Venus.

"Don't let the requisite warnings scare you away from witnessing this singular spectacle!" they write. "You can experience the transit of Venus safely, but it is vital that you protect your eyes at all times with the proper solar filters."

The astronomer Johannes Kepler was the first to calculate just when transits happen. Because of the complexities of orbital mechanics, there are two in a period of eight years -- the last was on June 8, 2004 -- followed by a break of more than a century. If it's cloudy on Tuesday, you'll have to somehow hang on until December 10, 2117.

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posted June 02, 2012 03:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Linda Jones     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Excellent info T. Do you know if it has any astro significance or effect?

Thanks

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posted June 02, 2012 04:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for iQ     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am expecting a 7+ tremor. Hopefully with zero casualties.
The reason is the Capricorn Moon will trigger the Pluto-Uranus square along with Mars squaring the Sun-Venus conjunction.

On the positive side, Earth and Venus conjunct the Galactic Attractor in the Heliocentric Chart, so we can expect a powerful reconnection to our Higher Self on June 5th/6th 2012.

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posted June 02, 2012 05:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Linda Jones     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oh Wow! Thank you, iQ!!!!

7+ tremor and powerful re-connection to our Higher Self on the 5th and the 6th. Got to remember that!

I knew there had to be something out of the ordinary happening

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posted June 02, 2012 06:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Emeraldopal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
..and don't forget the
full moon and eclipse...
http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/213905.html

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posted June 02, 2012 06:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Linda Jones     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
^^ yeah thx Emearldopal. I saw that on the other thread by T

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posted June 02, 2012 06:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Emeraldopal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Linda Jones,

You're welcome!

it's going to be interesting,
for sure. ...

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posted June 03, 2012 07:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gracelives     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Speaking of earthquakes, does anyone know how this might affect Fukushima?

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posted June 05, 2012 09:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for iQ     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Instead of one 7+, we had three 6+ plus tremors in the last 24 hrs. Another 24 hours for the Transit to clear out chances of tremors.

I do not think there will be any effect on Fukushima.

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posted June 05, 2012 11:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Was thinking about trying to get pics of it...but it's looking overcast.....

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posted June 05, 2012 01:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Linda Jones     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by iQ:
Instead of one 7+, we had three 6+ plus tremors in the last 24 hrs. Another 24 hours for the Transit to clear out chances of tremors.

I do not think there will be any effect on Fukushima.


iQ, was this in India? And was there any damage?

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posted June 06, 2012 07:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for iQ     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not in India, but in Panama. And nothing today, touch wood.

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posted June 07, 2012 01:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Linda Jones     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
^ Yes I read about that. Hope everything is in the clear now since we've passed the June 6 date?

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posted June 10, 2012 07:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Earthquake shakes areas of Greece and Turkey, June 9th. The 6 turned upside down.

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