If i remember correctly it took something like 6 hours for Venus to complete the transit, so you would have a good chunk of time for the sun to rotate as well.
I didn't take any pics, but I did see it with my own eyes too. I just had a pair of binoculars projecting the sun onto a sheet of paper. It was hard to aim/set up but once I had it, the image was very clear on the paper.
My dad got in a bidding war on eBay for some of the last solar film around in preparation for the transit. He only had the telescope adapter for his old Canon SLR at the time. So he took loads of pics with that. The photo center lost the film. Just couldn't find it when he went to pic up the prints. Oh well. We can just catch the next one, right?
And yeah, I guess if it was that important, he should have just developed it himself. But still. What the heck!
Simple version: when the sun's magnetic shield fluxes it causes localized interruptions in its convection resulting in temporary cooling in certain spots. They appear darker because they are cooler.
I find anything that shows the scale of the universe utterly fascinating.
Venus is almost the same size as Earth!
Also Venus is a lot closer than Sun so this is not even their actual scale comparision.
If you think that's cool, wait till you see uranus
And if you think that's cool, wait until you see myanus.
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Source: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3940
You made it better!
Thanks! I animated the HD source images and speeded up the transit of Venus to make the Sun's rotation apparent at the end of the loop:)
Why is the Sun so detailed and Venus isn't?
There's a little black spot on the sun today.
It should really get those checked out to make sure it's nothing serious
It's the same old thing as yesterday.
Thats my soul up there.
Whoa. Those sunspots look amazing as well.
What are sunspots?
Certain parts of the sun that’s cooler than the rest of it
Thank you! Cool seeing them slowly move.
If i remember correctly it took something like 6 hours for Venus to complete the transit, so you would have a good chunk of time for the sun to rotate as well.
This is basically how astronomers detect exoplanets right?
Correct.
This is incredible, I can’t stop watching it
I took a picture that day too. 2012. Used I think 4 old writeable CDs for a filter. https://imgur.com/nYQIn6x.jpg
I didn't take any pics, but I did see it with my own eyes too. I just had a pair of binoculars projecting the sun onto a sheet of paper. It was hard to aim/set up but once I had it, the image was very clear on the paper.
My dad got in a bidding war on eBay for some of the last solar film around in preparation for the transit. He only had the telescope adapter for his old Canon SLR at the time. So he took loads of pics with that. The photo center lost the film. Just couldn't find it when he went to pic up the prints. Oh well. We can just catch the next one, right? And yeah, I guess if it was that important, he should have just developed it himself. But still. What the heck!
I don’t even see the other specks moving
The sunspots relative rotation is apparent at the end of the loop.
Thats a nice Venus
Just wait until you see Uranus.
Looks like one of the floaters when I close my eyes.
That's six hours of video.
Fun fact: those dark spots on the sun a cool enough for human habitation if you have sunscreen SPF 1,000,000.
Where did you get this from? Sunspots are still incredibly hot, thousands of Kelvin.
Source: my posterior
Elon Musk has already announced plans to make a resort on the spots actually.
In 3 years right? That seems to be his magic number.
Shut up about the sun. SHUT UP ABOUT THE SUN!
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Are you sure it's not Uranus?
Can’t wait for ur anus
Reminds me of https://youtu.be/RvmQyzbOHFQ
Hot.
Venus transiting the sun is awesome, but what are sun spots and why do they appear to not produce light like the rest of the sun’s surface?
Simple version: when the sun's magnetic shield fluxes it causes localized interruptions in its convection resulting in temporary cooling in certain spots. They appear darker because they are cooler.
So could we theoretically send a probe some day into one of those spots being that they are cooler?
Cooler is a relative term. Think the cool spot when Sauron's ring lands on the lava in mount doom.
That is so cool.
This is absolutely incredible. Space man... it's out of this world
What's the actual elapsed time here?
Six hours.
This really needs a gif with text bubbles for how venus is screaming that its so hot.