the planet Venus will the sun

On Tuesday, June 8th, the planet Venus will glide directly across the face
of the Sun. No one alive today has seen Venus "transit" the Sun - it last
happened in 1882 - and astronomers around the world are eagerly awaiting the
event. Only one other transit of Venus will occur this century, eight years
from now on June 6, 2012.
During this 6-hour-long event, Venus will appear as a perfectly round black
dot slowly moving across the Sun's face.


more at
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1258_1.asp

so what your saying that my picture will go off when it goes past my sky
dish and i cant watch bugger all
thanks for the info

"AJD" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, June 8th, the planet Venus will glide directly across the face
of the Sun. No one alive today has seen Venus "transit" the Sun - it last
happened in 1882 - and astronomers around the world are eagerly awaiting
the
event. Only one other transit of Venus will occur this century, eight
years
from now on June 6, 2012.
During this 6-hour-long event, Venus will appear as a perfectly round
black
dot slowly moving across the Sun's face.


more at
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1258_1.asp

no, it wont go off
BUT - you can bet your boots that $ky will try to use that as an excuse!


"rob.b" wrote in message
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so what your saying that my picture will go off when it goes past my sky
dish and i cant watch bugger all
thanks for the info

"AJD" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, June 8th, the planet Venus will glide directly across the
face
of the Sun. No one alive today has seen Venus "transit" the Sun - it
last
happened in 1882 - and astronomers around the world are eagerly awaiting
the
event. Only one other transit of Venus will occur this century, eight
years
from now on June 6, 2012.
During this 6-hour-long event, Venus will appear as a perfectly round
black
dot slowly moving across the Sun's face.


more at
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1258_1.asp

Because of the fixed location of the satellite, I guess all our dishes in
the UK are pointing in a roughly South-East direction.

As we all know, the satellite that our Sky dishes point to remains in a
fixed point above the Earth in a Geostationary orbit.

All of our dishes would therefore be pointing at the satellite and therefore
not all our dishes are parallel and pointing in the same direction.

Does anybody know what the actual "Alt-Az" direction of a Sky Satellite dish
is in Essex?

Is there ever a time when the Sky (Astra) Satellite transits the Sun?
If this occurs, then there could be a moment (in the early morning when the
sun is low in the SE ) when the sun passes the field-of-view of our dishes.

Is it possible for the sun to cause interference to our signal when our
dishes are pointing directly at the sun?

Just a thought.

Brendan

no i was taking the **** mate

"Roger (RedBear) Chapman" wrote in message
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no, it wont go off
BUT - you can bet your boots that $ky will try to use that as an excuse!


"rob.b" wrote in message
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so what your saying that my picture will go off when it goes past my
sky
dish and i cant watch bugger all
thanks for the info

"AJD" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, June 8th, the planet Venus will glide directly across the
face
of the Sun. No one alive today has seen Venus "transit" the Sun - it
last
happened in 1882 - and astronomers around the world are eagerly
awaiting
the
event. Only one other transit of Venus will occur this century, eight
years
from now on June 6, 2012.
During this 6-hour-long event, Venus will appear as a perfectly round
black
dot slowly moving across the Sun's face.


more at
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing...cle_1258_1.asp

Brendan DJ Murphy wrote:

Is there ever a time when the Sky (Astra) Satellite transits the Sun?

Yes twice a year, in March and again October. (Quite handy for seeing
if a location is a suitable mounting position for a dish too.)

See
http://www.noctua.demon.co.uk/sunouts/sunouts.html

Is it possible for the sun to cause interference to our signal when
our dishes are pointing directly at the sun?

Yes, it does. See the link.