9 July 2008

Picture of the Month - July 2008


Here is a beautiful picture of Venus transitting Jupiter. This one is not an original picture. This is a screen shot from the Stellarium software. Do you want to view this in stellarium? Set your location to Chennai (India) and the date and time to November 22nd, 2065, 6:11pm. Click on either Venus or Jupiter and zoom in to see the beautiful transit. Venus transits only between 6:07 to 6:15 pm IST.

NOTE: Don't forget to turn off the ground and the atmosphere.

5 comments:

Kavin said...

If only I had a clue of what you are talking about... :)

Inchara Prakash said...

Oh Good gracious... I hope u have stellarium software with u...

Kavin said...

No I don't have...

Inchara Prakash said...

read through my article "Planetarium Software" for more details

Kavin said...

okie... will do after I clear my system for free space... :)