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 08 08:48 CEST
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VT-2004 No. of registered participants : 2034
No. of observers with timings : 39
No. of timings sent : 66
Official value of 1 AU : 149597870 km
Calculated AU : 152843897 km
Dispersion : ± 2872430 km
Absolute Difference : 3246027 km
Difference as percentage: 2.170 %

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Map of Observers'        Locations

OBSERVERS
Kanzelhühe Observatory
Refractor 100/2000 with H-alpha filter
June 8, 2004, 06:19 UT
Austria
Display Window 2 Zoom on Venus !
Paris Observatory
June 8, 2004, 06:26 hrs UT
France
ESO HQ Public Observatory and Planetarium
Hradec Kralove
Czech Republic
June 8, 2004, 06:29 UT
Latest Comment (June 8, 06:40 UT) : We have now put on the first video from the entry of Venus onto the solar disc - it was obtained by the AGAPE observers at ESO HQ in Garching (Germany). Look also at the AU display above! We are getting the first calculations of the distance from the Earth to the Sun, based on timing data from VT-2004 observers deposited at the central VT-2004 computer - and they are not all that off, only about 2%! There are now reports that observers in different places have seen the dark spot of Venus through special sun viewing glasses, without any telescopic aid. The VT-2004 website experienced about 1500 hits per second (90,000 per minute) - 280 Mbits/sec at the time of the 1st and 2nd contacts - it is now slightly lower. Other Webcast Sites

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VIDEO

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