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June 7, 2004
The
Centre of the Universe
hosted presentations and multimedia shows on the evening of June 7, 2004 to present
the Transit of Venus to the public and our members. The CU also had a live feed from the
Rome Observatory, as well as a live voice connection to an Irish
astronomer who was observing the Transit from the Paris observatory as we spoke
to him. Although this event was visible only from Europe, Africa and
Eastern Canada, the Centre of the Universe offered everyone a chance to
experience this rare event as a group through their live feeds.
Video
Image Galleries & Information
Calculating Distances With Parallax - for additional information about the
scientific principles behind this important historical basis for past
observations of the Transit of Venus, please contact
Margaret Milne at the
Centre of the Universe or
browse this website.
A Gallery of Images
Gathered from websites around the world
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Transit from beginning to end
Dennis van Schelven (The Netherlands) [Text] |
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Double Transit - both the International Space Station
and Venus transit the Sun! More information about this unique photo is
available at
this webpage by the author (with a video) and the sheet with
predictions issued before the event. |
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Another double transit - aircraft and Venus |
The black drop effect |
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Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) Group (La Palma, Spain) |
Ring of light
Ralf Vandebergh (The Netherlands) [Text] |
Cees Bassa (The Netherlands) [Text] |
Transit image taken through Hydrogen-alpha filter |
Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) Group (La Palma, Spain) [Text] |
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Venus
Transit 2004 - huge collection of transit images - sponsored by the European
Southern Observatory
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