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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Venus Transit Aureole Graphics
Here are two graphics showing the aureole of light (the Sun’s illumination of Venus’ atmosphere from behind) as I saw it develop along the edge of Venus just before second contact with the Sun’s limb. I did not see any evidence of it from first contact … Continue reading
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Venus Transit – 5 June 2012
I took off work a little early and came home to set up my 12.5″ Dobsonian telescope in our front yard to view the Venus transit (where the planet Venus comes between the Earth and the Sun). The last Venus transit … Continue reading
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