tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591067151103789843.post8550983561239290729..comments2023-12-21T11:15:11.821-08:00Comments on Strait of Magellan: Shooting VenusCaptain Robert Reederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500768952960978516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591067151103789843.post-58291319515889142332012-06-08T00:45:01.392-07:002012-06-08T00:45:01.392-07:00Not a bit, the lower limb of the sun would have be...Not a bit, the lower limb of the sun would have been a much better choice from a navigation standpoint. This was purely "art for art's sake". But it may be that nobody else has ever done it, and sextants will probably be museum pieces by the time it happens again. So there it is, my ridiculous claim to fame. ;)Captain Robert Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500768952960978516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591067151103789843.post-16039906184090942272012-06-07T08:52:11.764-07:002012-06-07T08:52:11.764-07:00Nice! I had about ten minutes of sunshine here in ...Nice! I had about ten minutes of sunshine here in Ballard and was going to watch with a pinhole camera, but the clouds closed in again. Rats.<br /><br />One question: since Venus was crossing the face of the sun during this would you have expected substantially the same result if you'd just taken a sun sight? In other words, anything special you can glean from shooting Venus in transit?Rob Earlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096505274373094238noreply@blogger.com