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Re: (meteorobs) Other Non-Meteor Astro. Events (Was: Partial Solar Eclipse)
Here is an offtopic answer
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> De : Gregg Lobdell 234-0884 <gml@hildadot ca.boeing.com>
> A : meteorobs@latrade.com
> Objet : (meteorobs) Other Non-Meteor Astro. Events (Was: Partial Solar
Eclipse)
> Date : jeudi 28 août 1997 04:52
>
> Another non-meteor event coming up for the European/Asian crowd is the
> transits of Venus (across the Sun). I don't have the dates at hand
> but I seem to remember that they are in 1998 and 2002. These are once
> in a lifetime events as they occur in pairs, separated by over 100
> years. Can someone out there confirm the exact dates of these events?
>
> Sorry for the off topic subject. Here's a true meteorobs question.
My Dance of the Planets software says for my location in New Caledonia :
for the first one 8th of June, 2004 beginning around 16:00 local time
(05:00 UT) until sunset for us but theorically until 22:30 local time
(11:30 UT)
for the second one 6th of June 2012 beginning around 09:30 local time
(22:30 UT the 5th) until 16:00 local time (05:00 UT)
as these transits are separated
by 8, 121.5, 8, 105.5, 8, 121.5, 8, 105.5 ... years and the preceding great
gap was 121.5 years long, if you miss the ones of 2004 and 2012, you will
have to wait until December 2117 !!! On the 17th of this month I will
celebrate my 157th birthday -:)
I woke up at 4AM but still cloudy.
Meteor observers Murphy's law :
- when you are on vacation, there are :
1/ clouds
2/ full moon
3/ sometimes both (great deal)
Jean-Christophe 'Papou' Millot
from Noumea - New Caledonia (22d16 S, 166d27E) UT+11
email : papou@canl.nc
home page : http://www.chez.com/papou
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