[FPSPACE] Venus Transit

[Stefan Barensky]

Wonderful weather here in Southern France too.

I had a very nice morning showing the event to the kids at my daughter's
school. They were a very nice audience.

We followed the transit with a pair of small telescopes but we were also
able to see it with dark eclipse glasses.

And that was a very good excuse to spend a few hours outdoors too!

Now I'll have to wait till December 2125 to be able to do it again (at least
here).

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Stefan Barensky
Senior Space Editor
http://www.space-launcher.com

Le 8/06/04 19:24, « Geukens Koen » <geukenskoen at pi.be> a écrit :

> Hello,
> 
> In Belgium we had fabulous weather. It was sunny and hot the whole day. So
> we could see the Venus transit in all its beauty. No problem to see all the
> wonderfull effects like the brightening of the Venus atmosphere, the black
> drop, ...
> 
> It seems that everybody made pictures of the event as the mailing list of
> the Belgian astronomical society (VVS - Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde) is
> overwhelmed with all kinds of jpg's.
> 
> It doesn't beat a total solar eclips, but it came close.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Koen
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