by David Kingsley
Please let me know, anyone, if you manage to see Venus Saturday night.Happy Venus Transit, everyone!
Bob J.
Thanks for the interesting post Bob. Your report inspired me to try your same strategy Saturday evening June 5th at Montebello around sundown. I watched the sun go down behind trees on the ridge line using a Baader solar filter on a 105 mm refractor (first contact with oaks: 8:04 pm PDT, whole disc beneath horizon at 8:11). I then removed the solar filter and kept the scope at exactly the same spot. About 7 or 8 minutes later, a very thin crescent Venus appeared in the field and view, and remained clearly visible for about 4 minutes before it too was obscured by trees. Rich N. and Marek confirmed the view. We all agreed this was likely to be as close as we get to come to the Venus transit.
The lag and several minutes of visibility tonight suggest that Venus might still be just catchable Sunday at sunset as well. If anybody tries, look for as straight a horizon as possible to the west.
Posted on sf-bay-tac Jun 06, 2004 01:35:50 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.1 Jul 12, 2004 21:49:04 PT