If you observe the 6 June 2012 Venus transit in France, these are the times you should remember:
5:50. Sunrise. The transit has already started.
6:37. Venus starts exiting the sun.
6:55. Venus has fully exited the sun.
Even though astronomy is supposed to be an exact science, I'm as agnostic as ever here, that is all the figures here are approximate, as far as I'm concerned.
Some further tidbits:
5:50. Sunrise. The transit has already started.
6:37. Venus starts exiting the sun.
6:55. Venus has fully exited the sun.
Even though astronomy is supposed to be an exact science, I'm as agnostic as ever here, that is all the figures here are approximate, as far as I'm concerned.
Some further tidbits:
- Don't look at the sun. When the sun rises, it is very unpredictable how bright it will be with the current weather conditions. It is possible that you could look at it immediately after sunrise, but that is likely to change very quickly. So, don't look at the sun.
- You probably will not see very much. Venus is just a tiny dot on the sun.
- If you want to be confused by much more facts, check for example the web site of the Observatoire de Nice and this local transit time calculator.
- Some web sites call this the 5th June Venus transit instead of the 6th. That is because the transit starts when the time has not yet struck midnight in the Americas.
- It is probably going to rain.
Update: It did not rain, but it was cloudy.
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