Transit of Venus (was Re: Annular Solar Eclipse in northern California

Steve,

Yes, sort-of: Hawaii looks like it is right on the very edge of the "transit in progress at sunset" area. See this map:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/venus/Map2012-1.GIF

Best areas for a full transit mid-day seem to be Eastern Oz, Japan, Alaska.

Bob

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From: Steve Gottlieb <astrogottlieb@No-Spam>
To: TAC mailing list <tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2009 11:35:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TAC] Annular Solar Eclipse in northern California

I agree with you about watching a transit. I viewed much of the last Mercury transit in November of '06 as well as the previous one in November of '99. But once the silhouette of Mercury was clearly inside the Sun's disc, it's was a looong, slowww ride. From Northern Cal we miss the end of the 2012 Venus transit, but still see a few hours worth. Weather prospects in June should be good. Does Hawaii see the entire event?

Steve

On Sep 7, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Rob Hawley wrote:

> I am making plans to be in Oz for the total and in Northern CA for the
> annular. I have not decided on the transit. I found the transit of Mercury
> like watching paint dry.
>
> My understanding is they are going to try to recreate the Cook 1769
> Expedition at the Transit of Venus site in Tahiti. But that site is too far
> east to observe the entire event. Oz would be better. You can see some of
> the transit from CA.
>
>
> Rob Hawley
> ________________________________________
> From: Steve Gottlieb [mailto:astrogottlieb@No-Spam]
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:32 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TAC] Annular Solar Eclipse in northern California
>
> 2012 is a pretty remarkable year for astronomical events -- total eclipse in
> Australia, annular eclipse a couple of hundred miles away and finally a rare
> transit of Venus on June 5th. If you miss the transit of Venus you'll have
> to wait 105 years for the next one!
>
> --Steve
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