{"id":9079,"date":"2012-06-06T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/transit-of-venus\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T01:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T15:56:07","slug":"transit-of-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/transit-of-venus\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit of Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yesterday afternoon at around 5:55 pm local time I was pedaling along the Washington and Old Dominion bike trail, on my way home from work. I was pedaling a little faster than normal because I wanted to try to see the transit of Venus. I came across a group of amateur astronomers who had set up their scopes alongside the trail — they were nervously looking at their watches and the clouds. I told them that I was going to set up my scope too. “Hurry up! You’ll miss it! It starts at 6:04!” I pedaled even faster. <\/span><\/b>

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The cloud cover was fairly thick, but just as I pulled into my driveway, the clouds broke and sunshine filled the front yard. I quickly set up the ‘scope and got the sun in the field of view. First I saw sunspots — lots of them. Then, sure enough, off near the rim was the unmistakeable shadow of Venus. Billy took the picture (above) with his I-phone 4. The neighbors and all the kids in the neighborhood came over and had a look. It was all very cool. Mission accomplished. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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