SOHO LASCO View of Approaching Venus Transit

  • Released Monday, June 4, 2012
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The LASCO C2 and C3 coronographs on board the SOHO spacecraft have been watching the approach of Venus for its last solar transit until 2117.

With coronagraphs, the Sun is being blocked by an occulting disk, seen here in blue, so that SOHO can observe the much fainter features in the Sun's corona. The actual size of the Sun is represented by the white disk.

The transit of Venus begins tomorrow, June 5, at about 6pm Eastern Daylight Time, or about 10pm Universal Time. It will last approximately 6 hours.

Video of approaching Venus Transit from LASCO C3 covering May 31 to midday June 4.

Video of approaching Venus transit from LASCO C2 covering June 4 to midday June 5.

For More Information

See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/2012-venus-transit.html

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