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A transit of Venus: early on the morning of June 8, the silhouette of Venus will slip across the Sun. The event, last seen in 1882, was once the key observation in determining the size of the solar system.
Catching sight of celestial spectacles requires more than patiently sitting at a telescope set up in your backyard. Birdwatchers can pursue their passion almost wherever and whenever they choose. Flower and plant aficionados have only to stroll through their favorite park to enjoy the sights and scents of nature. But to experience the wonders of the heavens, the skywatcher must be in the right place at the right time. Moreover, even predictable astronomical events are often notoriously rare. A total eclipse of the Sun, for example, takes place on average only once every eighteen months. But to see it you may have to travel halfway around the globe to station yourself in ...
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- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. June 2, 2004 700+ words
...celestial events, transit of Venus over the disc of the Sun is poised to take place after...that the last such transit of Venus occurred on December six, 1882...pm (IST). During this time, Venus will be seen as a black spot travelling...
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- Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) June 8, 2004 700+ words
...watched the rare transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. Largely clear skies...that it is the planet Venus rather than the moon that passes between the Sun and the Earth. Robin...CAPTION(S): BRILLIANT: Venus crossing the sun
- VENUS MOVES ACROSS SUN'S FACE.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) June 8, 2004 700+ words
...screen for safe viewing. "Venus is just marching into the sun," said Andrew Constantine...about every century, when the sun, Venus and Earth precisely line up...glasses to observe the transit of Venus across the sun, at the historical site of...
- BRIGHT DAY IN ASTRONOMY AS VENUS CROSSES SUN.(Wire/National/International)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) June 9, 2004 700+ words
...disc creeping across the face of the sun in one of the rarest of celestial spectacles, Tuesday's transit of Venus. VINCENT YU / ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPTION...Venus passing across the face of the sun, shown as a dark spot at hourly intervals...
- STAR TRAK: Venus to Transit the Sun on June 8.
- News wire article from: AScribe Science News Service June 1, 2004 700+ words
...rare will happen: Venus will pass across the face of the sun as seen from Earth...will be able to see Venus as a black dot moving across the sun's bright disk for...across the face of the sun. There will be another transit of Venus in 2012, but the...
- World prepares again for celestial rarity as Venus crosses the sun.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Grant, Steve June 4, 2004 700+ words
...amount of time it took for Venus to pass across the sun. With those figures...black drop, between the sun and Venus. "It turned out to...of Venus occurs when Venus passes directly between the Earth and the sun. Transits occur in pairs...
- VENUS TO 'ECLIPSE' THE SUN.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) June 8, 2004 700+ words
...look directly at it. The planet Venus crosses the face of the sun today. The last time it happened...except that it is the planet Venus not the moon that passes between the Earth and the sun. Venus will cut diagonally left-to...
- VENUS CROSSES THE SUN.(Wire/National/International)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) June 9, 2004 700+ words
CAPTION(S): Photo Scientist Knud Jahnke explains Venus' rare crossing of the sun Tuesday. It was visible from much of the Earth, from Australia to the eastern United States. The small black dot is the silhouette...