2004 transit of Venus

The entire transit was visible from Europe, most of Asia, and almost all of Africa. The beginning was visible before sunset from easternmost Asia and Australia. The end was visible after sunrise from the westernmost fringe of Africa, eastern North America, and much of South America. The transit was not visible at all from western North America, southern South America, Hawaii, or New Zealand. The regions from which the transit were visible are shown on the map to the right. ==Timing==

The following table and image give times for various events (respectively, first contact, second contact, the midpoint, third contact and fourth contact) during the transit on 8 June 2004 for a hypothetical observer at the center of the Earth. Due to parallax, times observed at different points on Earth may differ from the following by as much as ±7 minutes. == Media ==

File:VenusTransit20040608145750.jpg|A projection of the 2004 Transit of Venus as seen from Mumbai, India at 14:57:50 IST (09:27:50 UTC) clicked using a Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD73 camera by Dhaval Mahidharia. File:Transit-of-venus-2004.jpg|Source: Daniel P. B. Smith File:Transit of Venus on June 8th 2004.jpg|2004 transit as seen from Bangalore at 07:41 UTC, about two hours into the transit. The image is inverted compared to the diagram above, so Venus is seen near the top of the Sun's disc File:Venus transit BB.jpg|Third contact (compare to III in the diagram above) of the 2004 Venus transit as seen from the central part of the United States File:Transit of Venus animation.ogg|Animation depicting the transit of Venus from the perspective of Earth File:2004 Venus transit UV.ogv|Close-up video of the 2004 Venus transit, recorded in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum == See also ==