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2004 Transit of Venus

Thessaloniki, Greece •June 8, 2004


transit of venus picture
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

Images from the GONG project

Williams College Eclipse Expedition Image Galleries

Trip photos:
  The Williams College expedition team


Venus photos:
  Williams College Expedition images from Greece SBIG CCD on the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki's 20-cm refractor


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
Bryce A. Babcock
David Butts ‘06
Joe Gangestad ‘06
Owen Westbrook ’06
Alan Cordova '06
Kayla Gaydosh ’05
Rob Wittenmyer ’98

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

Science magazine, 5/15/04

Globe and Mail, Toronto, 5/16/04

Baltimore Sun, 5/17/04

The New York Times, 5/18/04

The Chronicle Section: Research & Publishing
Volume 50, Issue 36, Page A16

The Economist, 5/27/04

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

Smithsonian Institution Lecture series in Washington Presented in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution Libraries exhibition "Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus, 1631-2004"; Speakers: Wilbur Applebaum, Richard Fisher, Steven Dick, Jay Pasachoff, David DeVorkin; arranged by Ron Brashear

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
dire@dcseq.uscga.edu


airplane and transit; Quicktime by Dr. James R. Dire, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

2004 map

Contact

Professor Jay Pasachoff (Jay.M.Pasachoff@williams.edu)
Williams College--Hopkins Observatory
33 Lab Campus Drive
Williamstown, MA 01267
(413) 597-2105; fax (413) 597-3200