LIVE! VENUS 2004

[ Live Program ]

We will webcast the Transit of Venus in the following three ways.

[ Presenting the latest image from observation points on the web page ]

As in table 1, the transit time differs depending on the observation point. We will upload the latest image at regular interval from 14:00 (JST) as much as possible.
Table 1 Contact time

Location	Contact I	Contact II	Greatest transit	Contact III	Contact IV	Venus sets
`Aomori`	`14:11:44`	`14:30:54`	`17:14:02`	`--------`	`--------`	`19:04.6`
`Okayama`	`14:11:36`	`14:30:39`	`17:13:57`	`--------`	`--------`	`19:14.1`
`Katsushika`	`14:11:19`	`14:30:25`	`17:13:47`	`--------`	`--------`	`18:52.8`
`Mitaka`	`14:11:20`	`14:30:25`	`17:13:48`	`--------`	`--------`	`18:55.3`
`Hida`	`14:11:31`	`14:30:36`	`17:13:54`	`--------`	`--------`	`19:11.5`
`Iran`	`14:18:30`	`14:37:37`	`17:20:33`	`20:03:02`	`20:22:03`	`24:43.4`

[ Distribution of the animation of time-lapse photographs ]

The animation of time-lapse photographs is made of still images taken at regular time intervals. As the elapsing time is reduced, the movement of the transit can be watched in shorter time. Besides, this animation will be distributed to cellular phones.

[ Live webcast including the highlights ]

We will webcast the live images of Contact III and Contact IV from Iran which cannot be observed from Japan, including the highlight images from observation points in Japan. Three players (WMP, QT, RealOne) can be used to watch the webcast. Please download the plug-in beforehand.

[ Live program schedule ]

JST Contents

June 8 ,14:00	LIVE! VENUS 2004 Live observation starts
18:30	LIVE! VENUS 2004 Live observation in Japan ends
From 19:30	LIVE! VENUS 2004 Live Streaming starts
	Program starts (Highlights of observation points in Japan)
20:03:02	Contact III
20:22:03	Contact IV
20:30	LIVE! VENUS 2004 Live Streaming ends