Report on Transit Activities
ESTEC Observation
At ESTEC a number of telescopes were set up on site for viewing of the transit event with support provided by RSSD and Astronomy Club at ESTEC (ACE) members including: D. Koschny, A. Piot, R. Francis, O. Witasse, K. Wirth, G. de Marchi, M. Baroni and B.H. Foing (chief scientist). There were a number of impressive images acquired - including a plane crossing the Sun captured on video - with several hundred ESTEC colleagues viewing the event along with SPC delegates.
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ESAC Observation
The prediction of poor weather meant the ESAC observers left Madrid and headed for Portugal where they sent back a series of images. The imaging team consisted of A.Martos, F.Rodriguez, J.Perea, R.Perez, B.Altieri, J.Ruiz, M.Perez, J.Fauste, R.Bailey.
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Animation of Transit sequence from Portugal |
Members of The Transit Team |
