Venus has just finished up an excellent appearance in the evening sky that began in November. Now the planet disappeared into the twilight, but it will make a brief and dramatic return appearance Tuesday, June 8.
Us UK folk get a pretty good timeslot. 
hmmm interesting stuff, good find
Bet I forget as usual. 
You will be busy with that teenage mistress! 
LOL 
Think i’m all set, had a great idea think what could I capture with the digicam
not ideal but hay ho…piccy of sun>
What did you use m8?
Its my Nikon 5700 Max Zoom with 1.85x teleconvertor lens with 2 CDRs taped together with
black insulation tape and center taped out to minimise stray light.
That said I do get some odd patterning but it just a matter of place the cd infront of lens
right & place the sun at the right point in the view.
Camera at 1/60 shutter speed.
Looks like you could get some good pics.
I hope so very dependant on a) weather b) being able to sneakout side during work.
But i’m determined to get a pic
noticed on the PC a lot of noise noticable when imahe is channelled, so being playing in PS to see what detail I can enhance.
Interesting result, not sure how valid/true it is but it looks right, I can deffo see loops
of gas on the edges at the 8 o’clock part.
sun’s behind a thin sheet of cloud at the mo, but hopefully I can take this a level more, and I shall do some darkframe subtraction and apply my camera’s noise profiles in the hope of
a much more interesting image.
piccy 2…>
Cool stuff there m8.
^bump^
everyone all set for tomorrow then?
Depending upon where one is located, Venus’ transit will begin within several minutes of 5:13 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) at every site from which it is visible. That corresponds to about 1:13 a.m. in the Eastern time zone of the United States. It will end approximately within several minutes of 11:26 GMT, or about 7:26 a.m. ET.
so that’s 06:13 BST I think 
gonna bring my telescope to work and get laughed at :rolleyes: :hehehmm:
Live Webcam from Athens for those who can’t / cba to get out of the office chair or if its cloudy.
clouds
Sun’s out here, will grab the goggles when I get to work. Might have a go with the camera too, see if it works.
Seen it seen it seen it. 
Where’s the damn piccy mate:confused:
I’ve tried to take a pic through the welding goggles, but I won’t be able to play until I get home. Doesn’t look too good from the lcd viewer to be honest.
Was easy to see through the welding goggles by eye though. You could see the planet midway across the sun, quite low down. Just looked like a perfect black disc.
Awesome, I’m sure there will be pics on the web somewhere. Unfortunately there are massive black rain clouds in Cape Town today:(