2012 Transit of Venus

• Obersturmfuhrer

  12 Mar 12, 13:14

  5-6 June 2012

  Transit of Venus

  Last of our lifetime as the next one is over a century later in 2117. Fingers crossed for clear skies.

  

• BadzMaro

  5 Jun 12, 21:40

  

  
  

  The planet will be vissible as it passes in front of the Sun from 10.15 am to 4.43pm (NZ time) on 6-6-2012.

  So for Singapore. It will be during the Sunrise tomorrow at 6.15 am to 12.43 pm .

   

• Obersturmfuhrer

  6 Jun 12, 23:13

  Thankfully a break in the clouds and overcast sky. I thought I'm cursed to miss this last one after similar cloud cover in 2004. Managed to take several shots under the hot sun and happy to have witnessed this phenomenon.

  

• SBS2656X

  6 Jun 12, 23:15

  The scientific name is :
  Sun occulted by Venus.

• Obersturmfuhrer

  6 Jun 12, 23:19

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  The scientific name is :
  Sun occulted by Venus.

  
  An occultation occurs when an apparently larger body passes in front of an apparently smaller one. A transit occurs when an apparently smaller body passes in front of an apparently larger one.

  If Venus is bigger than the sun then it's an occultation.