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TRANSIT OF VENUS 2004

Images from the 8th June now in the Gallery. - Updated 20/07/2004
Please note, there have been a great number of images supplied and these are being posted to the gallery as time allows. If you have sent an image it should be posted soon, but please be patient.

On 2004 June 8 there occurs a transit of Venus across the face of the Sun.

This is the first such event since 1882, and it presents a rare opportunity to observe an entire transit from the British Isles. The first transit to be seen was predicted by Jeremiah Horrocks, and witnessed by him from Much Hoole in Lancashire, and by colleague William Crabtree from Manchester in 1639. The next transit will occur in 2012, but only the later stages will be visible from the UK. The following transit in 2117 will not be visible at all from the UK.

	UT h m s	BST h m s
Ingress, exterior contact	05 19 54	06 19 54
Ingress, interior contact	05 39 47	06 39 47
Mid transit	08 22 42	09 22 42
Egress, interior contact	11 04 05	12 04 05
Egress, exterior contact	11 23 36	12 23 36

Times given are for Greenwich, England.
For times in other locations please consult the Resources page.

Illustration of the path of Venus across the face of the Sun