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Thessaloniki, Greece •June 8, 2004 |
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The 2004 transit of Venus, image credit:
Jay M. Pasachoff, David Butts, Joseph Gangestad, and Owen Westbrook
(Williams College Transit of Venus Team) with John Seiradakis and George Asimellis (Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece); expedition run with Bryce Babcock (Williams College) and Glenn Schneider (University of Arizona) movies and stills
Glenn Schneider/Jay Pasachoff stills and movies from TRACE spacecraft A full set of Schneider / Pasachoff ingress and egress movies A closeup look at the blackdrop effect. TRACE, SST and GONG images
TRACE stills and movies directly from Lockheed Martin Solar Astrophysics Lab (LMSAL) Observations from the Swedish Solar Telescope, La Palma Williams College Eclipse Expedition Image Galleries
Galleries of photos
http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/venustransit/gallery_08jun04.htm http://www1.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_184.html http://www1.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/venus_transit.html http://vt-2004.kva.astro.su.se/ From HM Nautical Almanac Office, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K. European Southern Observatory's gallery and the determination of the Astronomical Unit Images on Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040609.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040610.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040611.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040615.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040623.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040717.html © Jay Pasachoff, Williams College Transit of Venus expedition team, and
WIT 2004 The Williams College Team in Greece:
Jay M. Pasachoff In Williamstown: Steven Souza all work in collaboration with: Glenn Schneider, University of Arizona in Greece in collaboration with: John Seiradakis, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki The expedition was sponsored by a grant from the Committee for Research and Exploration of the National Geographic Society. We also thank Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, for a student support grant. We also thank WIT 2004, Sarah Croft '04, and Teri-Ann Suer '05 for their assistance. Newspaper Articles
Globe and Mail, Toronto, 5/16/04 The Chronicle Section: Research & Publishing Boston Globe, 6/01/04 pdf or html Associated Press article, 6/08/04 Links
European Southern Observatory's report including list of links Daniel Fischer's list of links Double transit of the International Space Station and Venus
Tomas Muraska of Slovakia managed to image the ISS crossing the Sun while Venus was also in transit Glenn Schneider did some processing Airplanes and the transit of Venus
From James Dire, US Coast Guard Academy airplane and transit; Quicktime by Dr. James R. Dire, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Contact Professor Jay Pasachoff (Jay.M.Pasachoff@williams.edu)
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