Venus was so small against the sun that I couldn't see it with solar glasses on, although I knew exactly where to look -- I could see and photograph it easily through my camera/telephoto, which had a glass filter. -- Joe ________________________________ From: Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Seeing it My view also. We had just over 35 minutes of viewing until the Sun set into low clouds. I also expected Venus to be smaller, probably for the same reason. The view was also better through a glass filter than through the solar glasses. I ended up giving away 80-90 pair. Sig On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com> wrote:
I had about 30 minutes no clouds. About ten neighbors visited to see the spectacle. I was impressed with how big Venus was. I expected it to be smaller for some reason.
We also compared the view through my #14 welders glass with eclipse glasses. The welders glass gave a far sharper image. Venus was almost not discernible through the glasses but it was very obvious through the glass.
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