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3 responses to “Transit of Venus – Times for next week”

1. 2004/06/03

   alecm

   times for london

   for those of us in the southeast of england, the stats are approximately as follows: (all times in BST)

   sunrise 0445

   first contact 0619 – venus touches sun

   second contact 0639 – venus disk seen fully against sun

   mid-sun 0922

   third contact 1204 – venus begins to exit transit/eclipse

   fourth contact 1223 – end of transit

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2. 2004/06/03

   alecm

   how to observe safely

   i’ll be using a variation on the first technique.

   http://www.spaceweather.com/sunspots/doityourself.html

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3. 2004/06/05

   Chris

   re: Transit of Venus – Times for next week

   Here in Melbourne we get it a bit more civilised, it’s a 3.15pm start, but the sun will set before it finishes.

   The next one (6th June 2012) will start for us just before dawn and continue through to 2:50pm.

   All from:

   http http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/heyes/transit.html

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