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Title: Venus plus ISS Transits Sun Tomorrow
Post by: JaXanim on June 08, 2004, 12:20:45 AM

Not only does Venus transit the sun for the first time in 120-odd years tomorrow, it does so with a new companion.

For the first time in history, the transit of Venus will be accompanied by the International Space Station (ISS). In fact the ISS will cross the sun's disk four times during Venus' slow progress across the solar disk.

The ISS transit corridor is a mere mile-wide strip across Southern Europe, North Africa and Asia. Go HERE (http://www.spaceweather.com) for details.

Many hundreds of pictures will be taken of the 2004 transit of Venus, but a snap of Venus plus the ISS will be a prize indeed! I wonder if anyone will be lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time with the right kit to record the event?  Fantastic!

JaX

Title: Re: Venus plus ISS Transits Sun Tomorrow
Post by: gizz72 on June 08, 2004, 01:32:16 AM

Greetings,
  BUMMER! The rain season just began here! Anyway, there's always cable news network. :-)
  I think they'll make an elapse time video of that transit soon enough.


 Just wonder what things be like 120 years from now? Maybe venus space station? :-D That would be cool err hot err...you know.. :lol:

Good day to all Amigans! :-D

Title: Re: Venus plus ISS Transits Sun Tomorrow
Post by: adz on June 08, 2004, 06:16:39 AM

Not much of a transit so far, I'm yet to see anything :-(

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/venus/ (http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/venus/)

Title: Re: Venus plus ISS Transits Sun Tomorrow
Post by: adz on June 08, 2004, 06:47:37 AM

Thats more like it...hope thats what I think it is ;-)

http://perthobs.highway1.com.au//Venus/venus.html (http://perthobs.highway1.com.au//Venus/venus.html)

Title: Re: Venus plus ISS Transits Sun Tomorrow
Post by: blobrana on June 08, 2004, 07:45:17 AM

Hum,
A bit too cloudy here in aberdeen...But the pictures on the web are  amazing...

Title: Re: Venus plus ISS Transits Sun Tomorrow
Post by: gizz72 on June 08, 2004, 09:06:57 AM

I was wondering did it ever occured(transit) on record, in perfect conjunction, also, with a solar eclipse? If not, does such a parallax event will ever occur/possible as well?
 :-?
Good day to all Amigans! :-D

Title: Re: Venus plus ISS Transits Sun Tomorrow
Post by: blobrana on July 02, 2004, 11:57:05 AM

@gizz72
No it has never been recorded but it may/will happen some time in the distant future...

Best to listen to patrick and see what he gas to say about it
on the
June episode of the sky at nite ;) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/realmedia/sky_at_night_jun04.ram)

Title: Re: Venus plus ISS Transits Sun Tomorrow
Post by: gizz72 on July 02, 2004, 04:55:06 PM

@Blob

Thanks for the link. :-)

Cheers,

Gizz