The Venus Transit 2004

The Venus Transit 2004

European Science & Technology Week 2004 European Southern Observatory European Association for Astronomy Education Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Observatoire de Paris Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides (IMCCE)
Last update: 2004 Jun 07 12:40 CEST
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Results from the historic VT-1874 and 1882 observing campaigns:

VT-2004 No. of registered participants : 1789
No. of observers with timings : 41
No. of timings sent : 130
Official value of 1 AU : 149597870 km
Calculated AU : 148571746 km
Dispersion : ± 8654828 km
Absolute Difference : -1026124 km
Difference as percentage: 0.686 %

.... more (with graphics).

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SST - Swedish 1m Solar Telescope SST - Swedish 1m Solar Telescope
June 7 12:53 UT
La Palma, (Spain)
Display Window 1 The Sun's Chromosphere
June 7, 11:55 UT
100/1200mm refractor + Lyot-Halpha filter
Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory
(Austria)
SOHO LASCO - C3  (ESA) SOHO LASCO - C3 (ESA)
Latest Comment (June 7, 10:30 UT) : There are several active regions on the Sun just now (middle image). Venus is visible in the image from SOHO-LASCO (right), approaching the Sun from the left. The three images now shown are only being updated intermittently at this moment. The display above (calculation of the AU) has been activated, but for obvious reasons, no timings from the transit in 2004 are yet available; those from 1874 and 1882 are used instead as example. Other Webcast Sites

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