MDMD (10) Transit of Venus

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General information:
http://www.venus-transit.de/venus.html

Halley had died in 1742. In 1716 he had urged:
"We therefore recommend again and again, to the curious inverstigators of
the stars, to whom, when our lives are over, these observations are
entrusted, that they, mindful of our advice, apply themselves to the
undertaking of these observations vigorousely. And for them, we desire and
pray for all good luck, especially that they may not be deprived of this
coveted spectacle by the unfortunate obscuration of cloudy heavens, and that
the immensities of the celestial spheres, compelled to more precise
boundaries, may at last yield to their glory and eternal fame."
zitiert nach Maunder, Moore: Transit
http://www.venus-transit.de/2004/index.html

The next transit, at Berlin at June 8, 2004, 5:20, 8:22, and 11:22 UT

at New York, USA
40.75 N, 73.98 W
 UT
ET-UT=70.0 s
 Elevation Position
Angle
Eclipse at sunrise
 09:23.3 (05:23.3 EDT)
Umbra eclipse ends
 11:05:06.7
 16.6°
Eclipse ends
 11:26:24
 20.5°
http://www.venus-transit.de/2004/locations.html

Excerpts in both languages:
http://www.venus-transit.de/text/MasonDixon.html
http://www.venus-transit.de/text/MasonDixonEnglish.html

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