logging in or signing up Transits of Venus Pictures Only Sevastian Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 434 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 26, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide3: Venus during the daylight.Slide5: Edwin Hubble at New Albany High SchoolSlide6: Hubble telescope's 15th birthday on April 25, 2005. HOW TO PREDICT TRANSITS OF VENUS : HOW TO PREDICT TRANSITS OF VENUS Captain James Cook: Captain James CookExpeditions of 1761, 1769, 1874,1882: Expeditions of 1761, 1769, 1874,1882Expeditions of 1761, 1769, 1874,1882: The blue dots represent expeditions of 1874 and 1882. Location: Sponsoring nations 1 = Vladivostok, Russia : United States, Russia (1874) 2 = Nagasaki, Japan : United States (1874) 3 = Beijing, China : United States, Germany, Russia, France (1874) 4 = Kerguelen Island : United States, Britain, Germany (1874) 5 = Tasmania : United States (1874) 6 = New Zealand : United States (1874, 1882), Britain (1874) 7 = Chatham Island : United States (1874) 8 = Auckland Islands : Germany (1874) 9 = Mauritius : Britain, Germany (1874) 10 = Isfahan, Iran : Germany, Russia (1874) 11 = Cairo, Egypt : Britain, Russia (1874) 12 = Hawai’i : Britain (1874) 13 = Rodrigues Island : Britain (1874) 14 = St. Paul’s Island : France (1874) 15 = Campbell Island : France (1874) 16 = Yokohama, Japan : France, Mexico (1874) 17 = Calcutta, India : Italy (1874) 18 = Tashkent, Uzbekistan : Russia (1874) 19 = Reunion Island : Netherlands (1874) 20 = South Africa : United States, Britain (1882) 21 = Santa Cruz, Argentina : United States (1882) 22 = Santiago, Chile : United States (1882) 23 = Algeria : France (1882) 24 = South Georgia : Germany (1882) Expeditions of 1761, 1769, 1874,1882Calculating the Solar Parallax: Calculating the Solar Parallax R = r / tan α Figure 1: The Solar Parallax The Solar Parallax Timing the Transit: Timing the Transit a Contact I b Contact II c Contact III d Contact IV Halley's Method for computing the Solar Parallax : Halley's Method for computing the Solar Parallax Calculation of Parallax Trajectory: Calculation of Parallax TrajectoryGeometry and Angles at Midpoint of a transit. : Geometry and Angles at Midpoint of a transit. Slide20: GEOMETRY OF SYNCHRONOUS OBSERVATIONS Calculation of the Parallax Method of CalculationsSlide21: Paths taken by the Transits of VenusSlide22: Thy return posterity shall witness; Years must roll away, But then at length the splendid sight, Again shall greet our distant children’s eyes Jeremiah Horrocks (1639) You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Transits of Venus Pictures Only Sevastian Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 434 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 26, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide3: Venus during the daylight.Slide5: Edwin Hubble at New Albany High SchoolSlide6: Hubble telescope's 15th birthday on April 25, 2005. HOW TO PREDICT TRANSITS OF VENUS : HOW TO PREDICT TRANSITS OF VENUS Captain James Cook: Captain James CookExpeditions of 1761, 1769, 1874,1882: Expeditions of 1761, 1769, 1874,1882Expeditions of 1761, 1769, 1874,1882: The blue dots represent expeditions of 1874 and 1882. Location: Sponsoring nations 1 = Vladivostok, Russia : United States, Russia (1874) 2 = Nagasaki, Japan : United States (1874) 3 = Beijing, China : United States, Germany, Russia, France (1874) 4 = Kerguelen Island : United States, Britain, Germany (1874) 5 = Tasmania : United States (1874) 6 = New Zealand : United States (1874, 1882), Britain (1874) 7 = Chatham Island : United States (1874) 8 = Auckland Islands : Germany (1874) 9 = Mauritius : Britain, Germany (1874) 10 = Isfahan, Iran : Germany, Russia (1874) 11 = Cairo, Egypt : Britain, Russia (1874) 12 = Hawai’i : Britain (1874) 13 = Rodrigues Island : Britain (1874) 14 = St. Paul’s Island : France (1874) 15 = Campbell Island : France (1874) 16 = Yokohama, Japan : France, Mexico (1874) 17 = Calcutta, India : Italy (1874) 18 = Tashkent, Uzbekistan : Russia (1874) 19 = Reunion Island : Netherlands (1874) 20 = South Africa : United States, Britain (1882) 21 = Santa Cruz, Argentina : United States (1882) 22 = Santiago, Chile : United States (1882) 23 = Algeria : France (1882) 24 = South Georgia : Germany (1882) Expeditions of 1761, 1769, 1874,1882Calculating the Solar Parallax: Calculating the Solar Parallax R = r / tan α Figure 1: The Solar Parallax The Solar Parallax Timing the Transit: Timing the Transit a Contact I b Contact II c Contact III d Contact IV Halley's Method for computing the Solar Parallax : Halley's Method for computing the Solar Parallax Calculation of Parallax Trajectory: Calculation of Parallax TrajectoryGeometry and Angles at Midpoint of a transit. : Geometry and Angles at Midpoint of a transit. Slide20: GEOMETRY OF SYNCHRONOUS OBSERVATIONS Calculation of the Parallax Method of CalculationsSlide21: Paths taken by the Transits of VenusSlide22: Thy return posterity shall witness; Years must roll away, But then at length the splendid sight, Again shall greet our distant children’s eyes Jeremiah Horrocks (1639)