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Venus Transit from GOES/SXI
The planet Venus is seen passing between the Earth and the Sun in this sequence of images taken by GOES/SXI. The last Venus Transit was in 1882, the next will be in 2012.

This movie shows Venus (the dark spot, below the center of the solar disk) moving across the solar disk.    This movie shows Venus (the dark spot, below the center of the solar disk) moving across the solar disk.
Duration: 13.0 seconds
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Opening view of the Sun in X-rays (6-20 Angstroms) as seen from GOES-SXI    Opening view of the Sun in X-rays (6-20 Angstroms) as seen from GOES-SXI

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Venus is visible against the solar disk (the dark spot at about the 7:30 position).    Venus is visible against the solar disk (the dark spot at about the 7:30 position).

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Venus is still visible against the solar disk.    Venus is still visible against the solar disk.

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Venus has moved off the solar disk (around the 4:30 position) but is still silhouetted against the x-ray emission from the solar corona.    Venus has moved off the solar disk (around the 4:30 position) but is still silhouetted against the x-ray emission from the solar corona.

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Animation Number:2966
Animator:Tom Bridgman (Lead)
Studio:SVS
Completed:2004-07-20
Scientist:Daniel Wilkinson (NOAA/SEC)
Instrument:GOES-12/SXI
Data Collected:2004-06-08T03:02:04 - 2004-06-08T14:59:46
Series:Venus Transit
Keywords:
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> Sun
SVS >> Transit
SVS >> Venus
More Information on this topic available at:
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2004/0608venus.html
 
 
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