Venus Transit 2012

It was a perfect day at Riverland Dingo Observatory to watch Venus's 2012 transit across the sun. We could not have asked for more favourable conditions on site.

The 6th June 2012 made the historical day of the Venus transit. In brief, there is no known sighting of this transit in recorded history until the British Cleric, Jeremiah Horrocks and his friend William Crabtree spotted it on December 4, 1639, and that is only because Horrocks had mathematically predicted this transit using better data than Kepler had used. For more interesting details check out Venus transit history, it's a great site. The transit lasted a little over 6hrs and was a fantastic experience. The next Venus transit will be 11th December 2117, so keep that date free .

We managed to capture these images. Click on the fingernails for a larger image.