Transit of Venus - Pittsburgh

Public Observing Session of
Transit of Venus
Across Front of Sun

Pittsburgh - 2004 June 8 *** 2012 June 5

June 5 - Safe Public Viewing of Rare Astronomical Event

Image of Venus Transiting Sun, as seen from Pittsburgh 2004 June 8

Photograph of the 2004 Transit of Venus moving across image of the solar disk, taken on the Observation Deck of The Duquesne Incline in the Mt. Washington/Duquesne Heights section of Pittsburgh on 2004 June 8. This photograph was taken by Eugene Fink of Carnegie Mellon University. Most members of the public viewed the transit event from a projected image, early that morning.

(Click on image, to see an enlarged view of the photograph.)

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2004 Transit of Venus *** 2012 Transit of Venus

Transit of Venus Pittsburgh Web Site

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Other Transit of Venus Internet Web Sites:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: 2004 Transit of Venus *** 2004 & 2012 Transits of Venus

European Southern Observatory

Transit of Venus .org

Photographs of Transit of Venus as seen in Sydney, Australia
From the Sydney Morning Herald

Article from Sky and Telescope Magazine
(forerunner magazine, The Sky, co-sponsored in early 1940s by
Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh and Hayden Planetarium in New York City):

Venus to "Eclipse" Sun for First Time in 122 Years

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2004 Transit of Venus *** 2012 Transit of Venus

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