Transit of Venus
Weather forecast for WEDNESDAY (as of Monday morning) : Fine and Mostly Sunny. WOOHOO! Mostly.
Places to be include:
(1) the West side of the UQ medical school at Herston 8am-9am, 2:15pm-3pm. Might want to call before coming as cloudy means I will be at Mt Coot-tha.
(2) Brisbane Museum in the city.
(3) Brisbane Planetarium, Mt Coot-tha botanic gardens.
(4) Astro Pete's at Palmdale shopping Centre in Mt Gravatt.
(5) Oxenham Park, Nundah
Australian info http://www.transitofvenus.com.au
Live Venus transit webcast http://venustransit.nasa.gov/webcasts/
Sun image live http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/mov/depot/APOD/latest_APOD_HMIC_FR.jpg
iOS device owners (iPad, iPhone) can get discounted Sky Safari and a chance to win prizes by snapping a pic of the transit. http://www.mactech.com/2012/05/30/southern-stars-announces-venus-transit-challenge
http://www.space.com/15978-venus-transit-faq.html
