Venus
in Transit
8 June 2004
Image taken in Upstate, New York by HPO.
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Phoenix
Observatory
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VENUS
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Venus
in Transit
6 December 1882
Students at Vassar College, New York, acquired this image of the transit
of Venus .
Courtesy Vassar College.
Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
20May 2004
Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
22 March 2004
On 8 June 2004 the image of the planet Venus moved across the face of the Sun.
Observers on the east coast of the USA saw the event after it started.
People further east can saw the whole event.The next Transit will be in 2012 and after that not until 2150.
Noone living today had seen Venus transit the Sun befure the 8 June transit.
For more details check
Venus
Transit 2004
for details on how you can contribute data from the transit check
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