The Transit of Venus, 2012 June 6

 

Yesterday was perhaps one of the historical date in my life and maybe to some of you who have had the chance to view the transit of Venus across the Sun.  This phenomena takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk.

During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. The duration of such transits is usually measured in hours. While the diameter of Venus is more than 3 times that of the Moon, Venus appears smaller, and travels more slowly across the face of the Sun, because it is much farther away from Earth.

Transits of Venus are among the rarest of predictable astronomical phenomena. The latest  transit of Venus has occurred on 5 and 6 June 2012. After 2012, the next transits of Venus will be in December 2117 and December 2125.

OK, I tahu ada yang malas nak baca panjang2 dalam english tu kan...I dengan baik hati nya bubuh dalam bahasa Melayu sekali --> Fenomena Transit Planet Zuhrah - 6 Jun 2012 (semalam) : Objek tompok hitam kecil adalah Planet Zuhrah manakala objek paling besar adalah matahari. Planet Zuhrah ini sebenarnya hampir sama saiz dengan Bumi. Namun, disebabkan ia berada amat jauh dari Bumi, ia hanya akan kelihatan seperti sebuah bulatan hitam yang bergerak melintasi hadapan matahari.

So semalam I pergi tengok dengan my SV :Oh*ya Sensei dan secretary kat lab ni O*no-san. Bukan pergi jauh pun, dekat2 dengan lab wind tunnel kat ground floor lab I ni je. Ada technician kat lab yang setting the telescope by placing solar filter in front of it; then he project the image of the Sun onto a white paper.  

 

+- technician tengah setting, sensei tengok je -+

 

 +- technician tengah tunjuk lintasan Zuhrah -+

The Venus is visible during the transit as a small black dot on the Sun's disk. Venus will be only 3% of the diameter of the Sun, so very small. It will be an intensely black spot in contrast to the bright solar disk which will make it stand out.

+- nampak tak? kalau tak nampak pendek umur -+

+- haaaa tu, black dot kat anak panah merah tu la. kualiti gambar biasa2 je sbb pakai kamera phone je...mak tak kuasa nak angkut si godang ke lab -+

For better picture, korang boleh tengok kat website [4], [5] dan [6]. Ini ada I cilok 2 keping yang paling menarik perhatian I. Enjoy the pics.

+- A composite sequence photo of the steps of the entire transit of Venus seen over the sky of Seoul, South Korea, 6 June 2012. Source [3] -+

+- Dramatic: This image provided by NASA shows the Solar Dynamic Observatory's ultra-high definition view of Venus on it's transit, an event which will not occur for another 105 years. Source [3] -+

## Untuk bacaan seterusnya layari : [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] dan [6]

Psssttt : Alhamdulillah di beri kesempatan dan peluang sekali seumur hidup untuk menyaksikan fenomena menarik ini. Allah hu Akbar, besarnya kuasa Allah dan betapa kerdilnya keupayaan kita.

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