solar system
The Sun
Transit of Venus 2004
A transit of Venus takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Earth and the Sun. A transit is similar to a solar eclipse by our own Moon. However, although Venus is much larger than our Moon, it is also far more distant, so it only covers a tiny portion of the Sun.
A transit of Venus is a very rare event which occurs in pairs which are eight years apart, the time between these pairs of transits is however 121.5 and 105.5 years !
The previous pair of transits before 2004 happened in the year 1874 and 1882.
The next transits of Venus will take place on 10–11 December 2117, and 8 December 2125
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Image information:
Object info
Name: The Sun
Type: G-type main-sequence star (G2V)
Constellation: n/a
Perigee/Apogee: n/a
Orbital period: n/a
Equatorial radius: 695700 km – 109 Earths
Mass: 330000 Earths
Eq. surface gravity: 27.94 G
Sidereal rotation period: 25,05 days
Date & location
Date: June 8, 2004
Location: Landgraaf, The Netherlands
Equipment & optics
Total integration: 1/2000 sec @ ISO100 (Baader Astro Solar filter foil!!)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Optics: TS 127/820mm Refractor
Mount: OTE-150
Image comments
Some very minor processing and colorizing in Photoshop
