rohirwine Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Here it is, maybe not the best one, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeZar Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Nice one, but isnt it Venus over sun ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted June 8, 2004 Author Share Posted June 8, 2004 Nice one, but isnt it Venus over sun ? The official name for our star is Sol, but yes, sun fits well too, of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldaron Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Kewl... Heard 'em talking about it on the news... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 BTW: Sol happens to be Spanish for sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornlu Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 And Swedish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic-Al-Bob Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Anyone here who saw it live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornlu Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 I saw it using a pair of binoculars and a white paper. You could see a small black spot on the reflection the sun gave through the binoculars, on the white paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic-Al-Bob Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Was is enough? I mean: Are your eyes still working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeZar Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 And Swedish. And Norwegian,, just found it funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic-Al-Bob Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 but not German (Sonne) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 "Soleil" in French (don't know why they added eil... those frenchspeakers, never the same.), "Taiyou" or "Hi" in japanese. "Sun'" in esperanto.Cool picture. But I couldn't see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Slun-tzeh, in bulgarian...just for the record Thanks for the pic, I've been looking for one for a while today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 I saw it live wit some ad hoc glasses. Some astronomical things just make me shiver with delight ( i wish i could be an astronaut/cosmonaut ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 Nice picture. Yeah one really sees how big the sun REALLY is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 Nice picture. Yeah one really sees how big the sun REALLY is.. Wel, it's also a matter of perspective, of course: Venus is between us and the sun, hence we see it a bit "bigger" than it should be if placed right aside Sol.BTW Sol is the latin word for Sun. Many stars are named in Latin for historical reasons (Apha Procionis, Beta Orionis, Alpha Centauri, Cappella) and some with Arab Names (Antares, Aldebaran, Betelgeuse, Shirah...), since we have a great debt with arab astronomers from the medieval times (think of the technical terms: azimuth, zenith, nadir). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 thanks for this little history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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