Previous Animation Next Animation 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. Duration: 13.0 seconds Available formats:   640x480 (30 fps) Frames   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   7 MB   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   320x240     JPEG         7 KB   320x240     JPEG         7 KB   320x240 (30 fps) X-FLV       498 KB How to play our movies    Opening view of the Sun in X-rays (6-20 Angstroms) as seen from GOES-SXI Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 240         JPEG       7 KB    Venus is visible against the solar disk (the dark spot at about the 7:30 position). Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   160 x 80           PNG       17 KB   80 x 40             PNG         5 KB   320 x 240         JPEG       7 KB    Venus is still visible against the solar disk. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 240         JPEG       7 KB    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. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 240         JPEG       7 KB Animation Number: 2966 Completed: 2004-07-20 Animator: Tom Bridgman (GST) (Lead) Scientist: Daniel Wilkinson (NOAA/SEC) Platform/Sensor/Data Set: GOES-12/SXI (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     Please give credit for this item to: NOAA, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top

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