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The Transit of
Venus - June 5, 2012
An Observing Project in Canada's Northwest Territories
Observing at Black's
Lookout
a.k.a. "Venus
Rock"
On the Project's original
planning webpages there were 11 observing sites listed
(plus a few more in our back pocket). The Yellowknife
primary site at the Explorer Hotel was our planned observing
site due to its accessibility. However, in the days
before, and certainly on the morning of, the Transit the
weather models favoured a location near Behchoko.
Black's Lookout, our informal name for the hilltop beside
the cabin of Alex and Bertha Black, became our chosen
observing site. The weather cooperated nicely for most
of the 6 hours and 44 minutes of the Transit, except for
some cirrus clouds midway and banded clouds towards the end.
We were able to observe under good conditions ingress
(C1-C2), missed the internal egress (C3) and observed the
final external egress (C4). Our decision to relocate
to Black's Lookout was vindicated.
For a discussion on the geology of this observing site,
see below.
The photographs below -- in no particular order --
attempt to capture our experience on that hilltop.
Black's Outlook will be fondly remembered as "Venus Rock",
at least in the minds of the Project's participants.
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