Observation by Andrew Paterson: “Transit” of Venus 2020

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Andrew Paterson

Observer

Andrew Paterson

Observed

2020 Jun 04 - 19:36

Uploaded

2020 Jun 06 - 11:06

Objects

Venus

Equipment

SOHO LASCO C2 Image

Location

Space

Target name

Venus transiting the Solar Corona

Title

“Transit” of Venus 2020

About this image

A SOHO LASCO image of Venus in front of the inner Solar Corona the day after the recent close Inferior Conjunction. Venus was behind the occultation disc in both the C2 (narrow field) and the C3 (wide field) images on June 3.

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