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Transit of VENUSTransit of VENUSVenus

8 JUN 20048 JUN 2004

Only 81 transits between2000 BC to 4000 AD

LAST : 1882 (122 years ago!)

NEXT : June 2012

Whole passage will take 6 hours 12 minutes.

Process of entering & exiting20 minutes!

Starts : 1.13 PM Max : 4.20 PM Ends : 7.20 PM

Visible from MALAYSIA


Transit of VENUSTransit of VENUS 8 JUN 20048 JUN 2004

NEVER EVER NEVER EVER LOOK LOOK DIRECTLYDIRECTLYTO THE SUN TO THE SUN WITHOUT WITHOUT ANY PROPERANY PROPERSOLAR SOLAR FILTER!!!FILTER!!!


Total Eclipse - MOONTotal Eclipse - MOON 5 MAY 20045 MAY 2004

Visible from MALAYSIA

Enters PENUMBRA : 1.50 AM

Enters UMBRA : 2.48 AM

TOTALITY : 3.51 AM till 5.08 AM (max at 4.30 AM)

Leaves UMBRA : 6.12 AM


Total Eclipse - MOONTotal Eclipse - MOON 5 MAY 20045 MAY 2004


Planetary ConjunctionsPlanetary Conjunctions2 or more Solar System bodies located in one small area

GREAT photography opportunity


Planetary ConjunctionsPlanetary ConjunctionsEVENING EVENING EVENTSEVENTS

23-24 APR – Moon, Mars, Venus & Saturn

10 May – Venus, Mars & Saturn

21-23 May – Venus, Moon, Mars & Saturn

10 Jul – Mercury & Mars

20-22 Jul – Mercury, Mars, Moon & Jupiter

18 Aug – Moon & Jupiter
















































Planetary ConjunctionsPlanetary Conjunctions

20 Jan – Moon & Mercury

17 May – Moon & Mercury

14 Jul – Moon & Venus

11 Oct – Venus, Moon

10 Sep – Moon, Venus & Saturn

5 Nov – Venus, Jupiter

12 Aug – Moon, Venus & Saturn

10 Nov – Venus, Moon & Jupiter

9 Dec – Jupiter, Moon, Mars & Venus

MORNING EVENTSMORNING EVENTS











































































































Comets of 2004Comets of 2004

Bright comets in the sky – a rare phenomena

Predicting brightness – very very unreliable!

The last bright comets – HYAKUTAKE & HALE-BOPP

Will reach NAKED-EYE visibility

COMET C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) – discovered in Sep 2002COMET C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) – discovered in Aug 2001

SPECTACLE SHOW mid-May 2004. BOTH visible in the evening sky

For 2004 – 2 moderately bright COMETS will appear

C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) & C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) & C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)


Comets of 2004Comets of 2004

C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) – discovered by Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking team at NASA JPL

During its closest approach – will travel 5 deg per day, almost 2 Moon diameter PER HOUR!!!

May 14 – Very very close to Beehive Cluster, M44. Photography opportunity

C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) & C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) & C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)

C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) – discovered by MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory Near Earth Asteroid Research project.\

Will be in the same sky with C/2001 Q4 NEAT during MAY.


Comets of 2004Comets of 2004C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) & C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) & C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)

C/2002 T7

C/2001 Q4

23 MAY 2004. Looking WEST around 8 PM


Comets of 2004Comets of 2004C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) & C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) & C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)

Beehive Cluster

C/2001 Q4

14 MAY 2004


Viewing MarsViewing MarsMARS will slowly glide away from EARTH.

Remain a BRIGHT evening ‘star’ until middle of 2004

Apparent Size will be only 1/3 compared to during opposition August 2004.


Viewing VENUSViewing VENUS

Now till APRIL 2004 – will be the BRIGHTESS object (apart from Moon) after SUNSET

Look WEST – will slowly glide towards NORTH until APRIL.

In MAY 2004, drop FAST towards horizon, increase in apparent Size (Will appear as crescent moon in telescope)

In Mid-JUNE till JULY, will suddenly appear in the MORNING sky!

SUPERB target, remains bright and easy till END OF 2004. Busy year for VENUS


Viewing JUPITERViewing JUPITER

EASY target for small telescope. SPECTACULAR target for big ones

Rises in JAN 2004 around MIDNIGHT.

Mid FEB 2004 – rises around 9 PM

3rd MARCH – reaches OPPOSITION. Will remain in the sky the whole night. Rises when the SUN sets

By JUNE 2004 – Overhead when SUN sets


Viewing SATURNViewing SATURN

31st Dec 2003 – reaches OPPOSITION. Will remain in the sky the whole night. Rises when the SUN sets

NEVER EVER REFUSE an offer to look at Saturn through ANY telescope.!!

SUPERB target, remains bright and easy till mid of 2004.

By APRIL 2004 – Overhead when SUN sets


THE CELESTIAL WONDERS OF THE NIGHT SKY THE CELESTIAL WONDERS OF THE NIGHT SKY IS ALWAYS THERE WAITING FOR IS ALWAYS THERE WAITING FOR

US TO LOOK AT; THE JOY OF SHARING SUCH US TO LOOK AT; THE JOY OF SHARING SUCH SPECTACLE WILL ONLY BE LIMITED BY OUR SPECTACLE WILL ONLY BE LIMITED BY OUR

IMAGINATION. LET US BE PART OF THE UNIVERSE BYIMAGINATION. LET US BE PART OF THE UNIVERSE BYAPPRECIATING THESE HEAVENLY PHENOMENA. APPRECIATING THESE HEAVENLY PHENOMENA.

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