Venus in Transit
8 June 2004

Image taken in Upstate, New York by HPO.

 

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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.

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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

Sky & Telescope

Venus Transit 2004

for details on how you can contribute data from the transit check

ALPO


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