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Did anyone see the transit of Venus? #131354 06/05/12 08:13 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,297 California Val OP Member
OP Val Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,297 California	We watched it here! We set up our telescope in our front yard and over 30 people came by to have a look. It was great. We also had some solar viewing glasses (cheap on the internet) that we were handing out. It was great! DD7 and DS12 were pretty excited about it.

Re: Did anyone see the transit of Venus? Val #131356 06/05/12 08:26 PM
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kd976 Member K Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 129 NM	I did!!! I was the geek with my husband's welding mask on at my daughter's golf class I totally LOVE science (especially astronomy) stuff!

Re: Did anyone see the transit of Venus? Val #131360 06/05/12 09:40 PM
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La Texican Member Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,777 South Texas	I didn't see the Venus Transit. It has been all over the news. There'll be a re-run in 2116. It's great y'all were able to see it. Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar

Re: Did anyone see the transit of Venus? Val #131365 06/06/12 06:27 AM
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Cricket2 Member C Joined: May 2009 Posts: 2,172 Colorado	We did. We went to a local university and listened to a professor talk about the transits in the 1760s and the astronomers who traveled to remote locations in an attempt to view the entire thing and use their measurements to determine the distance from the earth to the sun. We also got to see it pretty clearly through a telescope with a solar filter. Study Strategies for Accelerated Learners

Re: Did anyone see the transit of Venus? Val #131371 06/06/12 08:09 AM
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daytripper75 Member D Joined: May 2010 Posts: 341	My family did. DH made a viewing scope and set it out in the front yard. Many neighbors came to see! Such fun! I, on the other hand, had to work. Boo!

Re: Did anyone see the transit of Venus? Val #131373 06/06/12 08:25 AM
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Michaela Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 530 The bottom of my cup	We went to the science ctr here, which had bonus water rockets radio feed from NASA, and lectures. We only got about an hour before it clouded over, but we got a pretty god look. So cool. I love having kids. DS1: Hon, you already finished your homework DS2: Quit it with the protesting already!

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