PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME FOR EVENT IN FROGNERPARKEN

by Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard

Programme:

• Monday June 7:
  • 14-21: Preparations for the historical day June 8. Take the opportunity to acquire eclipse spectacles and information!
  • 18:00: "Natur og Ungdom" hosts a fashion show of environmentally friendly clothing. The clothes are second-hand and lent from Fretex.
  • 19:00: Celebration of June 7. hosted by 07-06-05 with Unni Wilhelmsen and Jo Nesbø.
• Tuesday June 8:
  • Opening at 06:30. From this moment until first contact at 07:19 we will look for a bright ring around the otherwise black Venus. This will be the atmosphere of the planet. The phenomenon has never been photograped and we don't know how early and how the ring will be visible. This phenomenon is quite unique!
  • 07:19: First contact. Venus is touching the brim of the Sun and the transit begins. What we see now has now living human ever seen before!
  • 07:38: Second contact. Whole of Venus is onto the solar disk. Now we begin to look for the black drop effect.
  • 10:20: Maximum. Venus is as close to the solar centre as it comes this time.
  • 13:03: Third contact. Venus touching the brim of the Sun again. We will once again look for the black drop effect.
  • 13:22: Fourth and last contact. Venus is leaving the Sun og the transit ends.
  • 13:22- around 14: Once again we look for the shining ring around Venus. It is caused by the back-lit atmosphere of Venus. We summarize the event and try to calculate the distances to the Sun and Venus from observations made in Norway and around the world.
  • 13:30: The award of "Årets Nysgjerrigper" (the most curious or inquisitive group of pupils) is announced and the winners celebrated.
  • 15:00: Event ends. Updated information, images and results will be published on www.astronomy.no.

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