Thread: Space Events

Almost time for the transit... Hopefully mine solar filter will arrive in time--and that weather will not ruin the display.

Originally Posted by Aristaeus

Almost time for the transit... Hopefully mine solar filter will arrive in time--and that weather will not ruin the display.

Yes! I'm waiting to see whether the weather will be good enough before I go and buy a solar filter. Think I'll wait until a day or two before and check the forecast.

Just in case anyone missed the previous comment
Transit of Venus, 2012 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by Oneironaut Zero

BTW, I wanted to watch the SpaceX launch, the other day, but they did it too early in the morning. =/
Oh well, looking forward to future launches.

Damn.... at least you get to see heaps of them though.

For some reason I completely missed that it was even launching, I heard they had to stop it just before launch (or the automated system stopped it) but then didn't hear anything else.

Oh yeah.... Australia missed out on the bulk of SKA
However, South Africa may kill two birds with one stone, they've secured 70% of the SKA telescopes, and may also prevent
fracking from being done there, as they implemented an astronomy act to protect the area from obstructions to astronomy.
http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/S...plans-20120529