Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Fun With The Sextant - Transit of Venus

Did s/v Honey Ryder lose her electronics?  Are we becoming purists?  Gawd no!  The historic transit of Venus began this afternoon around 5'ish.  The planet Venus started its nearly seven-hour trek across the face of the sun.  Today is the last time Earthlings will see such a view until 2117.  
We decided to put our sextant to use to view it.  Plus we were too lazy to look up how to make one of those pinhole projector boxes.  Yes, I know it's super easy but we don't have kids so those types of "projects" are not super easy for us.  
 

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