VENUS

[Jimmy_041]

wonder what it would be like if Jupiter was between us and the sun, then that would be a major event!!. We would be under a eclpise for hours i would imagine considering that jupiter is much larger then the sun

Are you effed in the h?

He was thinking of night time.

The sun is a whore - goes out all night, every night

[GWW]

..if its to do with your eyes and can potentially damage them permanently thats a good time to listen to warnings.

[Johno6]

lmao, jupiter bigger than the sun.

gold jerry gold!

[Bum Crack]

..if its to do with your eyes and can potentially damage them permanently thats a good time to listen to warnings.

No worries Point Dexter.

[OnSong]

..if its to do with your eyes and can potentially damage them permanently thats a good time to listen to warnings.

No worries Point Dexter.

Point Dexter???

[Bum Crack]

..if its to do with your eyes and can potentially damage them permanently thats a good time to listen to warnings.

No worries Point Dexter.

Point Dexter???

Sorry. I'll rephrase it. Sorry Nana.

[Strawb]

[Psyber]

went out and had a look this morning and my eyes are still ******. no idea why i even tried

You didn't hear about all the warnings in the media about not doing that??
They even warned about looking at it with just sunglasses.

The media have been stressing for days the risk of permanent damage if you look directly at the Sun even with a filter. (Anything short of a welding mask in fact.)
I hope that isn't the case for you...

[Bum Crack]

went out and had a look this morning and my eyes are still ******. no idea why i even tried

You didn't hear about all the warnings in the media about not doing that??
They even warned about looking at it with just sunglasses.

The media have been stressing for days the risk of permanent damage if you look directly at the Sun even with a filter. (Anything short of a welding mask in fact.)
I hope that isn't the case for you...

I'll survive. just like a mild case of welding flashes.

[Bully]

you wouldnt have seen it anyway just staring into the sun, would have been to bright to see with the naked eye.

Its dangerous to stare at the sun at anytime with no protection, you may not see any difference or feel any difference now, but its well known that staring into the sun with no protection causes permanent damage in the long run.

[Sky Pilot]

It was described on radio this morning as a pea floating across a bowl of pumpkin soup. Very exciting

Looked a lot more interesting on the telescopes set up here...

One telescope appeared to have a red filter on it, and you could see a bit of texture on the sun and some prominences on the circumference. Some of these prominences were comparable in size (on the image) to Venus - and would thus be larger than Venus (and Earth) in actual size.

The other telescope appeared to have no colour filter, but was zoomed in a little more closely. You could make out sunspots as well as Venus.

Well I enjoyed it!

Oh yeah I would have enjoyed being able to view it live. Awesome experience but I never had the opportunity. I will try to be closer to a telescope in 2017

[Bully]

It was described on radio this morning as a pea floating across a bowl of pumpkin soup. Very exciting

Looked a lot more interesting on the telescopes set up here...

One telescope appeared to have a red filter on it, and you could see a bit of texture on the sun and some prominences on the circumference. Some of these prominences were comparable in size (on the image) to Venus - and would thus be larger than Venus (and Earth) in actual size.

The other telescope appeared to have no colour filter, but was zoomed in a little more closely. You could make out sunspots as well as Venus.

Well I enjoyed it!

Oh yeah I would have enjoyed being able to view it live. Awesome experience but I never had the opportunity. I will try to be closer to a telescope in 2017

why 2017?
next venus passing is in 2117, not 2017

[Bum Crack]

you wouldnt have seen it anyway just staring into the sun, would have been to bright to see with the naked eye.

Its dangerous to stare at the sun at anytime with no protection, you may not see any difference or feel any difference now, but its well known that staring into the sun with no protection causes permanent damage in the long run.

i can feel a difference now. my eyes are still burning. went to work early today and heard it on the radio it was happening so for some stupid reason, went out and tried to have a look. Yes, booody silly idea, but hey, shit happens.

[Sky Pilot]

It was described on radio this morning as a pea floating across a bowl of pumpkin soup. Very exciting

Looked a lot more interesting on the telescopes set up here...

One telescope appeared to have a red filter on it, and you could see a bit of texture on the sun and some prominences on the circumference. Some of these prominences were comparable in size (on the image) to Venus - and would thus be larger than Venus (and Earth) in actual size.

The other telescope appeared to have no colour filter, but was zoomed in a little more closely. You could make out sunspots as well as Venus.

Well I enjoyed it!

Oh yeah I would have enjoyed being able to view it live. Awesome experience but I never had the opportunity. I will try to be closer to a telescope in 2017

why 2017?
next venus passing is in 2117, not 2017

Yeah sorry - the dreaded typo

[Bully]

well you could but you wont be seeing much in 2017

[Dog_ger]

I didn't care much for this event...

[CENTURION]

"Its dangerous to stare at the sun at anytime with no protection",
I took your advice but the neighbours called the cops. They wanted to know why I was standing in the street with nothing on but a condom. I told them I was checking out Uranus! (I think I got the planets mixed up)