Do we have any such event in chennai?
Can we simulate in stellarium?
If anyone can simulate in stellarium, please provide the steps to reproduce.
It will be a nice learning stuff for astronomy through stellarium.
Shrini
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From: VIGNESH PRABHU <stove311987@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:13 PM
Subject: [ilugb] [OffTopic] Watch Transit of Venus with FSMK on June 6th
from 6:30 am to 10:00 am at Lalbagh Hilltop
To: Free Software Users Group - Bangalore <fsug-bangalore at mm.gnu.org.in>,
ilug-bengaluru at googlegroups.com, user at lists.sanchaya.net
Hi friends,
FSMK invites you to join us on watching Transit of Venus on June 6th from
6:30 am to 10:00 am at Lalbagh Hilltop. This is a public event and everyone
is welcome to join us and enjoy this life time opportunity. The next
transit of venus will happen only after 105 years.
As a run-up event, FSMK is also conducting the screening of the
documentary, Transit of Venus and Day sky watching, on Sunday 3:00 pm on
June 3rd. This will be followed by a discussion on various experiments that
can be conducted during the transit and Dr. Sanjeev, ISRO scientist will
guide us through the experiments.
Please do join us with your friends and family and enjoy this beautiful
event of our solar system.
FSMK is conducting the event with the motto "Learn Astronomy, Say no to
Astrology."
You can find the pamphlet for the program here,
http://www.fsmk.org/sites/default/files/venus-transit-pamphlet.png
Also please note that watching the sun directly with naked eye is harmful
for your eyes. We have obtained goggles using which you can safely watch
the transit. If you are not able to join us on 6th, you can come to FSMK
office on 3rd June at 3:00 pm during the documentary screening and buy the
goggles. Goggles cost Rs. 10 only and they have been prepared by Navnirmiti
and certified for safely viewing the sun.
Please do visit, http://www.fsmk.org/node/102 for getting more info related
to the event.
More info about Transit of Venus:
What is the Transit of Venus(ToV):
On the 6th June 2012, the planet venus will pass across the face of the Sun
and this is called a Venus Transit. It is among that rarest of planetary
alignments and only 7 of them have happened since the invention of the
telescope. They happen after more than a century in a pair with 8 years in
between them. The years of previous ones have been 1631 and 1639, then 1761
and 1769, followed by 1874 and 1882 and then finally 2004 which was the
opener to a pair which will see the second event in 2012.
Why ToV is an important event?
The ToV is important because at the time of the ToV any school child can
measure how far is the sun. Many great astronomers and scientists,
including Isaac Newton, longed to see this event in their life time but
could not. We are fortunate to have this event occurring in our life time.
Its the last chance to see a rare astronomical event of this kind in this
century. The next transit will happen and can be seen only after 105 years.
Can we see the ToV?
Yes, anyone and everyone can see it easily with a little preparation! You
view it and encourage others to see it too! You can even to important
experiments which are the first steps do knowing how big is the universe.
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Regards,
Vignesh
Software Engineer
http://2paisasbyviggy.wordpress.com/
http://fsmk.org
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