Transit of Venus: what Earth looks like from Venus during rare sky show [Last for 105 Years]

Space.com via FoxNews.com ^ | June 05, 2012 | Joe Rao

[Daffynition]

There is no question that countless numbers of people will be watching the transit of Venus on Tuesday; a very striking celestial phenomenon that has been seen only once in the last 129 years and won't happen again until December in the year 2117.

But as we prepare to watch the planet cross the face of the sun from our Earthly vantage point, have you ever wondered what the view would be like if we were on Venus? Obviously, that answer would be "what view?" since Venus is cloaked with a perpetual overcast.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

If you have kids...they love to make a Solar Eclipse Viewer/pin hole camera.

Easy, fun, costs nothing!

http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2443-solar-eclipse-viewer.html

[Jeff Head]

Another day in the neighborhood.

Amazing stuff.

[Daffynition]

The chances of the PS science teacher making pin hole cameras w/ the kids, is pretty remote....I hope parents/grandparents will do it today or tomorrow.

[pgyanke]

Um... since Venus is closer to the sun, this isn’t a show we would EVER see of Earth from Venus...

[cripplecreek]

Kind of a neat site for solar system stuff.



Solar System Scope

Lots of ads on the page but its a neat site anyway.

[Verginius Rufus]

Of the 7 billion people alive today, perhaps a few thousand will still be alive when the next transit happens, and virtually all of them are 5 years old or younger now.

[Jemian]

You can also watch it safely via NASA's telescope. The broadcast starts at 4:45pm CDT today.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Well, I have a Questar 3 1/2 telescope with a full-aperture solar filter.

But where I live, it's overcast.

[evets]

Here's a simulated view of Earth from Venus today...

[KarlInOhio]

So Earth would be very bright in Venus's sky (if you got above the thick atmosphere) and our moon would be visible too. But that would be true during any opposition (5 times every 8 Earth years). That has nothing to do with the transit other than the transit has to occur at that inferior conjunction/opposition time.

The article said that Earth would be brighter than Venus is to us, but I don't know whether to believe that considering that Earth is about 40% further so only gets about half the sunlight Venus gets and Venus is more than twice as reflective as Earth.

[dhs12345]

Got my sunglasses. All set. :)

[Ignatz]

What time is this happening and how long will it last?

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

So, when is the best time to observe the transit?

In North America the best time will be in the hours before sunset on Tuesday afternoon.

[Prospero]

[Jeff Head]

That is a picturre of the Venus transit...not earth.

The article does not make it as clear as posted here, but they are talking about a different picture showing the Earth from Venus, with (obviosly) no sun behind the earth.

Though, the Earth could certainly pass behind the sun from Venus as the sun came in between.

Anyhow, the picture here is not meant to represent the Earth transitting the sun from Veus.

Hope that helps.

[Jeff Head]

This is more what they are talking about...they link to a site supposedly showing the pic, but I could not find it, so I found another of what the Earth-Moon system would look like as seen from Venus:

[EyeGuy]

No folks, these will NOT work to protect your precious maculae during this astronomical event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4yeiyzy1eI

[pgyanke]

Danke.

[Jeff Head]

Bitte shoen, Nichts zu Danken.