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Thursday 10th February 2020- 7:30pm (local time)
Saturday 28th March 2020- 8:00pm (local time)
Tuesday 28th April 2020- 9:30pm (local time)
We all need to take a photo on the same date and at as close to the same time as possible.
Please send your results (ideally time-stamped) to us via twitter, instagram, facebook (@mayescreative) or email. Or click on icons below for direct links.
Please send your results (ideally time-stamped) to us via twitter, instagram, facebook (@mayescreative) or email. Or click on icons below for direct links.
Background
The historic inspiration for this project was from the recent 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's observation of the 'Transit of Venus' from Tahiti in 1769. At the same time, John Bradley (nephew of the third Astronomer Royal, James Bradley) was instructed to travel to the Lizard Point on the south of Cornwall to record the transit at the same time.
The 'Transit of Venus' is a event that occurs when the planet Venus goes between the Sun and the Earth and can be seen as a small black dot going across the sun. This takes place twice every 243 years with each transit pair occurring eight-years apart with the last two transits occurring in June 2004 and June 2012.
The historic inspiration for this project was from the recent 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's observation of the 'Transit of Venus' from Tahiti in 1769. At the same time, John Bradley (nephew of the third Astronomer Royal, James Bradley) was instructed to travel to the Lizard Point on the south of Cornwall to record the transit at the same time.
The 'Transit of Venus' is a event that occurs when the planet Venus goes between the Sun and the Earth and can be seen as a small black dot going across the sun. This takes place twice every 243 years with each transit pair occurring eight-years apart with the last two transits occurring in June 2004 and June 2012.
