Venus Transit Observation Campaign (vTOC 2012) 5-6 June 2012
Observers Page:
Part 2: June 9, 2012
Letest News:
# Results of Venus transit: Coming
# I observed Venus transit successfully and took more than 200 images from University of Calcutta, India.
# Vineeth Valsan have submitted several images taken from Ferrara, Italy.
# MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Data is now available on there website(Click Here).
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Part 1: June 1, 2012
Aim: Taking several Images or Videos of Venus transit from different locations. Then after if we have at least 2 images taken at same time but from different locations, we can find the Sun to Earth distance(i.e. 1 AU) by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle method....
Images taken by all member will be posted on single webpage for shearing among members...
It will also act as a reference to anybody in the world...
Who can participate?
Anybody and from anywhere…
Requirements:
1) Digital Clock.
2) Small telescope OR binocular OR pinhole camera.
3) Camera ( good digital camera Or good mobile camera)
Things to be done:
Step1: Synchronize your clock with the common GMT clock here on this link: https://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/current-time/. Or else you can just mention the exact difference between your local Clock and GMT time given in above link.
Step2: Observe Venus transit through telescope projection/ binocular projection/ pinhole camera, etc.
Step3: While observation take few ( 1 is also enough) photographs of sun with Venus over it. (If images are not very
good NO Problem). But exact time of image should be known.
Photos can be taken by putting filters, etc
Step4: Share your images among members of this campaign for calculations…
(‘How and what to calculate?’ page will be updated soon).
* Further guidannce will be provided to individual members by Email.
Present Members:
| Sr. No. | Observer Name | Designation |
Location of Observation |
Email id | Remarks |
| 1 | SPIE student Chapter | Calcutta University | Kolkata | -- | |
| 2 | Gaganvedhi Astronomy Club | Walchand College of Engineering | Sangli, Maharashtra | -- | |
| 3 | Prasanna Deshmukh |
Indian Institute of Astrophysics |
Calcutta University | prasanna@iiap.res.in | |
| 4 | Joice Mathew |
Indian Institute of Astrophysics |
Calcutta University | joice@iiap.res.in | |
| 5 | Mayuresh Sarpotdar |
Indian Institute of Astrophysics |
Calcutta University | mayuresh@iiap.res.in | |
| 6 | Apoorv Thacker | Gaganvedhi | Sangli, Maharashtra | captainapoorv@gmail.com | |
| 7 | Prabhanjan Kulkarni, | National Aerospace Lab. | Bangalore | pdkulkarni@nal.res.in | |
| 8 | Dinesh Deshpande | Mind Tree | Bangalore | ||
| 9 | Gautam Gala | T U Kaiserslautern | Germany | gautamgala2007@gmail.com | |
| 10 | Smita R. Nannaware | Gaganvedhi | Sangli, India | sminannaware3@gmail.com | |
| 11 | Arinjay Chougule | Gaganvedhi | Sangli, India | ||
| 12 | Vineeth Valsan | University of Ferrara | Ferrara, Italy | vineeth003@gmail.com |
Counting…
NOTE: In addition to our Observers data we will be using the 'MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network'
Telescope's Name: Donald
Location: Amado, AZ, USA
For details about MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network, See this: https://mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/MicroObservatory/
Contact Details:
EMail : prasanna@iiap.res.in
Call : +91 9038514442
You can take images of venus transit by simple digital camera also, See this: https://pgdeshmukh.webnode.com/venus-transit-2012/how-to-take-venus-transit-or-sunspot-photographs-by-simple-digital-camera/
See left side Menu for Options...