... 2004 June 8 . A Planet Transits the Sun . Credit Copyright: Ronald F. Dantowitz ( The Clay Center ) . ... A Venus crossing , called a transit, last occurred in 1882 and was front-page news around the world. ...
... 2012 June 3 . A Picturesque Venus Transit . Image Credit Copyright: David Cortner . ... Explanation: The rare transit of Venus across the face of the Sun in 2004 was one of the better-photographed events in sky ...
... Historically , astronomers used timings of the transit from different locations to triangulate the distance to Venus, while modern astronomers actively search for planets that transit distant suns . ...
... sunspot group below center, AR 2403, remained a comfortable 150 million kilometers away, the distance between camera and orbiting station was 656 kilometers for its first (upper) transit and 915 kilometers for the second more central transit ...
... 2011 October 16 . A Picturesque Venus Transit . Image Credit Copyright: David Cortner . ... Explanation: The rare transit of Venus across the face of the Sun in 2004 was one of the better-photographed events in sky ...
... November 6, 1999 . X-ray Transit of Mercury . Credit: ISAS , Yohkoh Project . ... This sequence of false color X-ray images captures a rare event - the passage or transit of planet Mercury in front of the Sun ...
... But while Wednesday's leisurely transit of Mercury across the Sun entertained observers all over the dayside of planet Earth, the audience for this lunar transit was more restricted. ...
... 2004 June 9 . Venus Transit at Sunrise . Credit Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College ) . ... Credit Copyright: Jimmy Westlake ( Colorado Mountain College ) . Explanation: Did you see the transit? ...
... 2004 June 23 . A Picturesque Venus Transit . Credit Copyright: David Cortner . ... Explanation: The rare transit of Venus across the face of the Sun earlier this month was one of the better-photographed events ...
... 2004 July 17 . Transit of Venus Stereogram . Credit: G. Schneider ( Steward Obs. ... in front of an enormous solar disk in these two frames from the TRACE satellite imaging of the inner planet's 2004 transit ...