08 JUNE 2004 - TRANSIT OF VENUS
Glenn Schneider, Steward Observatory

ON THE WEB:

IMAGING FROM SPACE WITH TRACE

   Astronomy Picture of the Day
   Transit of Venus Stereograms

RADIOMETRY FROM SPACE WITH ACRIMSAT
 
   American Astronomical Society Display Paper

OBSERVATIONS FROM THESSALONIKI, GREECE

   Instrumentation

OBSERVING FROM CRETE, GREECE

ANIMATIONS OF THE TRANSIT AS SEEN FROM "INTERESTING" LOCATIONS



PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS

Schneider, G., Pasachoff, J. M., and Golub, L., 2003, "TRACE Observations of the 15 November 1999 Transit of Mercury and the Black Drop Effect for the 2004 Transit of Venus", Icarus, 168, 249.

Schneider, G., Pasachoff, J. M., and Willson, R., 2006, "The Effect of the Transit of Venus on ACRIM's Total Solar Irradiance Measurements: Implications for Transit Studies of Extrasolar Planets", Astrophysical Journal, 565.

Pasachoff, J. M., Schneider, G., Widemann, T., 2010, "High Resolution Satellite Imaging of the 2004 Transit of Venus and Asymmetries in the Cytherian Atmosphere", Astronomical Journal, 141, 1112.


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PAPERS

Schneider, G., Pasachoff, J. M., and Golub, L., 2004, "Space Studies of the Black-Drop Effect at a Mercury Transit", in Highlights in Astronomy, ed. N. Thomas.

Pasachoff, J. M., Schneider. G., Golub, L., 2005, "The Black-Drop Effect Explained", in Transits of Venus: New Views of the Solar System and Galaxy, ed. D.W. Kurtz & G. S. Bromage, IAU Coll. Ser., 196, 242.


MEETING ABSTRACTS & DISPLAY PRESENTATIONS

Schneider,  G., Pasachoff, J. Golub, L., 2001, "TRACE Observations of the 15 November 1999 Transit of Mercury",  Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Sciences 33nd Meeting, 10.02.  --  AAS/DPS #33 10.02 DISPLAY PRESENTATION (POSTER PAPER) 

Schneider, G., Pasachoff, J. M., and Golub, L., 2003, "Space Studies of the Black-Drop Effect at a Mercury Transit", IAU Joint Discussion 02 on Mercury (Sydney, Australia).

Pasachoff, J.M., Schneider, G., Golub, L., 2003, "Explanation of the Black-Drop Effect at Transits of Mercury and the Forthcoming Transit of Venus", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, , AAS 203th Meeting, 1.04. 

Pasachoff, J.M., Schneider, G., Golub, L., 2004, "The Effect of the Transit of Venus on ACRIM's Total Solar Irradiance Measurements: Implications for Transit Studies of Extrasolar Planets", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, AAS 205th Meeting, 135.11.  -- AAS #205 135.11 DISPLAY PRESENTATION (POSTER PAPER)

Pasachoff, J. M., Schneider, G., Babcock, B. A., Butts, D. L., Gangestad, J. W., Westbrook, O. W., Cordova, A. R., Gaydosh, K.,  and Seiradakis, J. H., 2004, "Satellite and Ground-Based Observations of the Transit of Venus", Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Sciences 36nd Meeting,  39.01.

Schneider, G., Pasachoff, J., and Willson, R. C., 2006, "The 08 June 2004 Transit of Venus: A Kepler-Mission Analog Study Using ACRIMSAT (&TRACE)", IAU GA XXVI, Commission 41, Transits of Venus Working Group, 17. -- IAU 2006 Power Point Presentation 

Pasachoff, J., and Schneider, G., 2006, "2004 transit of Venus from TRACE, sea-level, and the Mountaintop Swedish Solar Telescope", IAU GA XXVI, Commission 41, Transits of Venus Working Group, 17.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND ON-LINE DATA/IMAGES IN PUBLICATION

Please see our paper: Pasachoff, J. M., Schneider, G., Widemann, T., 2011, "High Resolution Satellite Imaging of the 2004 Transit of Venus and Asymmetries in the Cytherian Atmosphere", Astronomical Journal, 141, 112, for additional information, details, and data.

We have made our full set of instrumentally calibrated data images as FITS files, JPG displays, and animated movies available for public, non-profit, public use by other researchers and for Education and Public Outreach activities through the  on-line HTML enhanced version of the above Astronomical Journal paper hosted by IOP Science:  http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/141/4/112/fulltext. We request appropriate accreditation/citation for use of these data/annimations/images.  Please direct any questions to Glenn Schneider (gschneider@as.arizona.edu).