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Live Feed of Venus Transit

42 points by washedup 14y ago

excuse-me 14y ago
"NASA EDGE Webcast Schedule: Please keep in mind this is a live webcast and the schedule is subject to change." Does Nasa know something about the solar system and celestial mechanics that we don't?
- washedup 14y ago
  maybe DARPA has been developing planet-destruction technology and want to showcase it today
  - excuse-me 14y ago
    Let's hope that they manage to destroy the correct planet - their record isn't too good
ma2xd 14y ago
Also live at Google+ Hangout: https://plus.google.com/110701307803962595019/posts/gurM6334y9B https://plus.google.com/110701307803962595019/posts/gurM6334...
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Eduard 14y ago
Could someone at NASA please move away the mouse cursor?
Mz 14y ago
Does anyone know of an Android-friendly site for this event? Oy.
- markramige 14y ago
  Does Flash not work on your device?
  - Mz 14y ago
    I don't think so. And the thing jumps around and won't center on my screen properly.
    - markramige 14y ago
      Hmm, well the one I'm viewing is http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/nasatv_android_flash.html http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/nasatv_android_flash.h... on an ICS phone with flash installed.
      - Mz 14y ago
        Thanks! I can at least see an image. Woot!
DanI-S 14y ago
Watching through eclipse glasses, you really do get the sense of Venus hanging there in 3D space, all those miles away. It's pretty humbling.
throwaway1979 14y ago
Clouds ruined it for me. Feeling pretty down. Video doesn't do this justice :(
dwc 14y ago
Binocs projecting on white cardboard is working great for me. I can also clearly see sunspots. A steady hand works if you don't have a tripod. Warning! Never look at the sun through binoculars directly! Project the image onto white paper or cardboard.
- fennecfoxen 14y ago
  I can confirm: Binoculars-on-a-stick is really easy and rally great. The only problem is that the darned Sun keeps moving out of alignment. Curse you, rotating-planet-Earth! (Oh. Shameless plug: https://twitter.com/fennecfoxen/status/210152019980333056 https://twitter.com/fennecfoxen/status/210152019980333056 - with a barely-visible sunspot to boot.)
  - bdr 14y ago
    Why is one side of the circle more red and the other more blue?
    - fennecfoxen 14y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration

42 points by washedup 14y ago

"NASA EDGE Webcast Schedule: Please keep in mind this is a live webcast and the schedule is subject to change." Does Nasa know something about the solar system and celestial mechanics that we don't?

washedup 14y ago
maybe DARPA has been developing planet-destruction technology and want to showcase it today
- excuse-me 14y ago
  Let's hope that they manage to destroy the correct planet - their record isn't too good

ma2xd 14y ago

Also live at Google+ Hangout: https://plus.google.com/110701307803962595019/posts/gurM6334y9B https://plus.google.com/110701307803962595019/posts/gurM6334...

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Eduard 14y ago

Could someone at NASA please move away the mouse cursor?

Mz 14y ago

Does anyone know of an Android-friendly site for this event? Oy.

markramige 14y ago
Does Flash not work on your device?
- Mz 14y ago
  I don't think so. And the thing jumps around and won't center on my screen properly.
  - markramige 14y ago
    Hmm, well the one I'm viewing is http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/nasatv_android_flash.html http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/nasatv_android_flash.h... on an ICS phone with flash installed.
    - Mz 14y ago
      Thanks! I can at least see an image. Woot!

DanI-S 14y ago

Watching through eclipse glasses, you really do get the sense of Venus hanging there in 3D space, all those miles away. It's pretty humbling.

throwaway1979 14y ago

Clouds ruined it for me. Feeling pretty down. Video doesn't do this justice :(

dwc 14y ago

Binocs projecting on white cardboard is working great for me. I can also clearly see sunspots. A steady hand works if you don't have a tripod. Warning! Never look at the sun through binoculars directly! Project the image onto white paper or cardboard.

fennecfoxen 14y ago
I can confirm: Binoculars-on-a-stick is really easy and rally great. The only problem is that the darned Sun keeps moving out of alignment. Curse you, rotating-planet-Earth! (Oh. Shameless plug: https://twitter.com/fennecfoxen/status/210152019980333056 https://twitter.com/fennecfoxen/status/210152019980333056 - with a barely-visible sunspot to boot.)
- bdr 14y ago
  Why is one side of the circle more red and the other more blue?
  - fennecfoxen 14y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberration