Comments on: How could I NOT post this Venus transit picture? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Links roundup, Spring 2012 | catchthesun.net http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333098 Links roundup, Spring 2012 | catchthesun.net Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:55:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333098 [...] RT @RicDay: This, totally wins the Venus transit photo contest. Amazing, awesome shot! blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2… [...] [...] RT @RicDay: This, totally wins the Venus transit photo contest. Amazing, awesome shot! blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2… [...]

]]> By: Neil Haggath http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333097 Neil Haggath Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:07:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333097 Can anyone beat my dubious record, of having travelled approximately 6000 miles, to NOT see the ToV??? As the prospects of seeing anything in the UK were abysmal, I travelled a long way east - to my favourite place in the Far East, namely the island of Phuket in Thailand. From there, the transit began before sunrise, but I should have been able to observe all but the first hour or so. It was a complete washout - literally! On the day, not only was I clouded out or rained off... the island was hit by a full-blown ****ing typhoon!!!!! I saw precisely nothing, and got <i>very</i> wet. "P****d off" doesn't even come close... Thankfully, I did see the previous one in 2004. Can anyone beat my dubious record, of having travelled approximately 6000 miles, to NOT see the ToV???
As the prospects of seeing anything in the UK were abysmal, I travelled a long way east – to my favourite place in the Far East, namely the island of Phuket in Thailand. From there, the transit began before sunrise, but I should have been able to observe all but the first hour or so.
It was a complete washout – literally! On the day, not only was I clouded out or rained off… the island was hit by a full-blown ****ing typhoon!!!!! I saw precisely nothing, and got very wet.
“P****d off” doesn’t even come close…
Thankfully, I did see the previous one in 2004.

]]> By: Josh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333096 Josh Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:33:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333096 Amazing picture. Phil, you say things like, "I'm done posting pictures of (insert random planet/star/event)." Please do not keep beautiful pictures of science from us! I enjoy seeing any picture of whats outside of our planet even if I have already seen a million other pictures of the same celestial body. I am a star gazer who hopes to get in to amature astronomy and your blog is literally on the top of my favorites. I cant get enough it seems! Keep up the good work! Amazing picture. Phil, you say things like, “I’m done posting pictures of (insert random planet/star/event).” Please do not keep beautiful pictures of science from us! I enjoy seeing any picture of whats outside of our planet even if I have already seen a million other pictures of the same celestial body. I am a star gazer who hopes to get in to amature astronomy and your blog is literally on the top of my favorites. I cant get enough it seems! Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Phil-Inn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333095 Phil-Inn Sun, 10 Jun 2012 09:36:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333095 No matter how many times I enlarged this picture I just can't get the other eye and the smile to show up No matter how many times I enlarged this picture I just can’t get the other eye and the smile to show up

]]> By: yob2073 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333094 yob2073 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:53:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333094 Once in a while I see things that are gut wrenchingly, sickeningly beautiful. Positively correlated when something exceeds my vocabulary. The closest thing I have to words is the sensation you get when watching HBO Game of Thrones and the clockwork sun passes high overhead at just the right musical moment. This so far is the closest I have got to The Total Perspective Vortex (HHGTTG / Zaphod Beeblebrox). Once in a while I see things that are gut wrenchingly, sickeningly beautiful. Positively correlated when something exceeds my vocabulary. The closest thing I have to words is the sensation you get when watching HBO Game of Thrones and the clockwork sun passes high overhead at just the right musical moment. This so far is the closest I have got to The Total Perspective Vortex (HHGTTG / Zaphod Beeblebrox).

]]> By: Venus Passing the Sun | freedomandallthat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333093 Venus Passing the Sun | freedomandallthat Sat, 09 Jun 2012 04:24:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333093 [...] from Discover Magazine . Share this:Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in photos, [...] [...] from Discover Magazine . Share this:Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. This entry was posted in photos, [...]

]]> By: Venus Transit: Some Impressive Pictures « Eccentric Orbits http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333092 Venus Transit: Some Impressive Pictures « Eccentric Orbits Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:02:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333092 [...] How could I NOT post this Venus transit picture? (blogs.discovermagazine.com) [...] [...] How could I NOT post this Venus transit picture? (blogs.discovermagazine.com) [...]

]]> By: Abrar Ahmed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333091 Abrar Ahmed Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:19:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333091 "Click to cythereanate" - incredible; almose better than the picture. On an unrelated note, I really like this font. “Click to cythereanate” – incredible; almose better than the picture.

On an unrelated note, I really like this font.

]]> By: Transit of Venus | InBeta http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333090 Transit of Venus | InBeta Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:22:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333090 [...] How could I NOT post this Venus transit picture? | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine [...] [...] How could I NOT post this Venus transit picture? | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine [...]

]]> By: W Sanders http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/06/06/how-could-i-not-post-this-venus-transit-picture/#comment-333089 W Sanders Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:23:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=50164#comment-333089 My guess for the detail along the RH limb of Venus is image compression artifacts. (which are visible in the dark part of the disk) My guess for the detail along the RH limb of Venus is image compression artifacts. (which are visible in the dark part of the disk)

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