Originally Posted by The Sun Daily

Full Article ...forecasters have put a dampener on expectations of seeing Venus cross in front of the sun.

A major storm front was closing in on Sydney Tuesday, bringing gale force winds and torrential rain, which are set to extend into Wednesday.

Originally Posted by lashbear (Post 361521)

In 12 hours is the day for us. We will be attempting to view the transit from 11am - 2pm EST.

I say attempting, because as at this very moment (10:39pm 5th June) the forecast is as follows:



The storm front is right here in Forster, right now, and the gale force winds and torrential rain are my lullaby. I hope something changes before tomorrow and the forecasters meant extends into the wee small hours of Wednesday morning with sunshine and clear skies from 9am... :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Moonliner (Post 361520)

Venus appears a lot smaller than the moon, I don't know how well the projection method will work but it's worth a try.