Talk:2012 transit of Venus

message: This article is being way to instructional. It's kind of early for that. TheOtherSiguy 17:18, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure what you mean by early and instructional. The article has a tone of certainty, but it's hardly early for that - major astronomical events can be predicted extremely accurately. 'Net (talk) 13:27, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tone 

message: I've flagged the section about Tahiti because it sounds an awful lot like it's taken out of a travel ad or the like. I don't necessarily think the section should be removed, but it certainly needs to sound more encylopedic. I'll look around for some sources, but if anyone can contribute, feel free. Thanks! Mattmpg23 (talk) 20:33, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tahiti Section 

message: The text: ""Sun to same scale as planets". This note refers not to the size of the graphical representations of the planets but rather to the size of their orbits relative to the graphical representation of the Sun", can't be right. The diameter of the Sun is less than a percent of the distance between Earth and the Sun, which is clearly different from the scale of the picture.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.163.50.146 (talk) 18:08, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I admit that the diagramme is confusing. The huge brown sun labelled "Sun to same scale as planets" is at the same scale as the images of the planets. The bright white-yellow sun is just marks where the sun should be, and its size is not at any particular scale. Hope that clarifies it! cmɢʟee☺τaʟκ  05:06, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

text: I noticed the problem and fixed it a few days ago so it should be correct now. ALK (Talk) 20:08, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, ALK! cmɢʟee☺τaʟκ  12:24, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Text to first picture 

message: Why is this picture so prominent? Shouldn't the first picture be something more-directly related to the transit? I don't get it. Rsduhamel (talk) 01:11, 12 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to see this bizarre Solar system diagram removed. Other than giving people a view of the orbit of Halley's Comet and the Outer Planets, it's of no help in explaining the Transit of Venus in 2012. Presumably there are some tiny dots in the very centre of the image showing Earth and Venus in alignment with the Sun, but I can't see them. Pasicles (talk) 16:56, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The graphic was very helpful for understanding Halley's Comet. Unfortionately, this article has nothing to do with the comet. Jonathunder (talk) 17:07, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Solar system diagram 

message: Misuse of "time zone".  The offset to be added depends not only on the time zone but on the state of summer time. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 11:55, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  When visible 

message: Take the simplest case, North Pole. There surely is polar day. Sun is visible all the day around. Difference of visible location of Venus relative to Sun is less than the size of disk of Venus even for the most distant points on Earth (diameter of Venus in near to that of Earth, and its distance to Sun is substantially closer), while the pictures show that Venus will cross Sun's disk achieving distances from its border much more than Venus's diameter.
Upd.
North Pole may be surrounded by detatched area of all-phases visibility, unshown for practical irrelevance. But there must be a meridional tier extending to the Pole where at least a part of the transit is visible.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.126.184.69 (talk) 08:15, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed some extraneous material from the comment and will explain at User talk:77.126.184.69. Johnuniq (talk) 09:12, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

text: The diagram and its accompanying text show that the high Arctic areas are in the region where the entire transit will be visible. On the diagram, see the "Entire Transit Visible" label at its right edge; that applies to all the areas with no shaded background. Johnuniq (talk) 09:30, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

text: Thank you. It didn't fit in the iframe (in Russian version - in the screen), in both cases I had to scroll but didn't know what to look for; plus a text in LJ, not wrong but misleading, based on this article.77.126.184.69 (talk) 15:29, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  I don't understand the distribution of visibility 

message: Editors and readers may be interested in commenting on the issues raised in the Transit of Venus, 2012 thread at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates. Richerman   (talk) 12:21, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh Halleliua! We've finally made the main page "in the news" section too. Richerman   (talk) 12:34, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the news 

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit (304 Angstrom Full Disc 02).jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 5, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-06-05. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:23, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the notice Crisco, it really is a nice image. I think we're good here, but I'll keep an eye on things, and image is already being watched. — Huntster (t @ c) 04:57, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
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