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hehe don't get to excited - with the last venus transit, besides the high powered views of 1st and second contact - which were most excellent and thought provoking ect. btw! - I was surprised how bored outta me brain I was for the rest of it, as a purely visual experience, and consider a Venus Transit is a step up from a Mecury transit.
I would prefer a nice simple common partial solar eclipse for lasting impact compared to that, despite these transits rarity.
Woulda helped to have some nice sun spot activity tho, like at solar max say.
I think the horizon view with the dot on sun is the only other nice aspect of these transits imo -
have fun!
EDIT: and for those of you, like me, nervous of high powered/magnified telescopic views of sun with solar filter, try this to reassure yourself, and I do this 'toe in the water' every time, hold the filter up in front of you and view the sun at 1x before attatching it to scope, check for any scratches holes ect. makes me feel more confident everytime
Last edited by fringe_dweller; 16-10-2006 at 11:56 PM.
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