The 2012 Transit of Venus, Fiji style
Presenter(s): Stephen Russell
Affiliation(s): NACAA, ASNSW
Session details: Posters
Abstract
In June 2012, the author travelled to the Fijian island of Kadavu to record the last transit of Venus he is likely to observe. The result was a wonderful holiday with some great scuba diving, though his attempts to record the transit didn't turn out as planned. This poster presents the results obtained, and some advice to those who are planning to image the next TOV.
Biography
Stephen Russell observed the 2004 transit of Venus from Antalya in southern Turkey. In 2012, he went scuba diving in Fiji. In the intervening years, he's been busy working with many other people to organise and run a biennial astronomy conference in Australia, amongst other things.