Venus transit 2012 FAQ

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Re: Venus transit 2012 FAQ

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Updated new details for Transit of Venus @ Bishan Park McDonald's.

1) Transit of Venus @ Bishan Park McDonald's - 6 June 2012

Date: 6 June 2012
Time: 6.45pm to 1:00 pm
Venue: Bishan Park McDonald's --> viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10766&
Details: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10929
Hashtags: #VenusTransitSG #VenusBishanPark
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Re: Venus transit 2012 FAQ

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Updated in the Venus transit 2012 FAQ

Added:

Details on Twitter Hashtags
#VenusTransitSG and #VenusGCC for Galaxy Communit Club event.
#VenusTransitSG and #VenusNUS for NUS Faculty of Science event.
#VenusTransitSG and #VenusSSC for Singapore Science Center event.
#VenusTransitSG and #VenusBishanPark for our mini gathering at the park.
For more info on Twitter hashtags on Venus Transit: viewtopic.php?f=1&p=76438#p76438

Venus Transit 2012 as seen from Singapore
Credits going to Gary for this Video!


Live Webcasts
In the event of unfavorable weather, you may watch various live webcasts via the internet and your internet-enabled smart phone:

NASA
http://venustransit.nasa.gov/2012/transit/webcast.php

SLOOH
http://www.slooh.com/

USTREAM
http://www.ustream.com/ (search for "venus transit")
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Re: Venus transit 2012 FAQ

Post by Subbupd »

Awesome Dave. pretty useful
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