Re: [Phys-L] Venus Transit.

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2012, Jun 05, , at 20:16, brian whatcott wrote:

> The transit has come and gone. Armed with two welders' glasses, I saw no dark spot.

Neither did I; however, very much there w/ my Canon T-90 and its 500 mm catadioptic.   Almost two rolls of 36 X to processor tomorrow.


On 2012, Jun 05, , at 20:35, Craft, Peter wrote:

> Like Brian, we also had double welders glasses and students could clearly see Venus throughout its transit. We had almost 2/3 of students look at Venus as the transit occurred.

If Peter refers to using two (in series the ND added) may explain our (bw & bc) failure.  I think I didn't use the solar filter inaided, uuugh.

bc thougt it was the poor optical quality of his goggles.


I gave my insert from the helmet to GK for on her way the Nevada, so couldn't double the ND.


> My wife briefly projected an image onto card from cheap binoculars and took a snap shot.
>
> I mention this auspicious occasion purely to see some phys-l message - ANY phys-l message.
>
> Brian Whatcott
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