NOTE THAT THE OCCULTATION OCCURRED MOSTLY IN EUROPE -
THE USA WITNESSED A SPECTACULAR TRIANGLE OF THE MOON VENUS & JUPITER
THE EUROPEAN PREDICTION DATA IS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
From The Valley of the Temples, Agrigento,Sicily, Italy by Elias Chasiotis
NOTE HOW AS THE MOON IN ITS ORBIT MOVES TO THE UPPER LEFT, VENUS
APPEARS TO GRAZE THE LOWER LEFT PART OF THE MOON FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
JUPITER IS TO THE UPPER RIGHT OF THIS SET OF THREE PHOTOS
PHOTO BELOW: CLOSEUP REAPPEARANCE of VENUSfrom Cavan, Ireland. Moon is 8 deg above horizon.
BY BRIAN FITZSIMONS with a Nikon Coolpix 4500 Camera
PHOTO BELOW TAKEN with a Takahashi 78mm Refractor and a Canon 5D were used to capture Venus moments after it reappeared
from behind the moon by MARTIN CAMPBELL of Dungannon, Northern Ireland
WE IN THE UNITED STATES SAW A DRAMATIC TRIANGLE OF THE MOON VENUS AND JUPITER. BUT MUCH OF EUROPE & NW AFRICA AND EVEN NE CANADA FOUND THAT VENUS WAS MISSING FROM THE SKY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BECAUSE THE MOON WILL GO IN FRONT OF IT. THIS IS CALLED A LUNAR OCCULTATION. WE ON THE EAST COAST OF THE USA WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ONE LIKE THIS UNTIL 2031 SEPTEMBER 13.
THE AMAZING PHOTO BELOW WAS TAKEN BY MILAN GUCIC IN BELGRADE, SERBIA ON DEC 1.
TEN MINUTES AFTER IT WAS TAKEN, IT RAINED PREVENTING VIEWING OF THE OCCULTATION OF
VENUS (at Left of the Moon). NOTE JUPITER AT THE UPPER RIGHT OF PHOTO WITH TWO
OF ITS MOONS VISIBLE. ( Ganymede to Upper Left & Callisto to Lower Right )
STANESCU OCTAVIAN IN ROMANIA WAS MORE FORTUNATE CAPTURING THE MOMENT BEFORE DISAPPEARANCE OF VENUS ON THE DARK LIMB OF THE MOON IN THE PHOTO BELOW
THE 2008 DECEMBER 1 MOON-VENUS-JUPITER SKY TRIANGLE
PHOTO BELOW WAS TAKEN BY JONATHAN STONE IN AUBURN, ALABAMA
VENUS IS ON THE BOTTOM WITH TWO 6th MAGNITUDE STARS IN SAGITTARIUS TO ITS UPPER RIGHT
JUPITER IS ON THE RIGHT WITH ITS MOON GANYMEDE CLOSE TO THE UPPER LEFT AND DIMMER CALLISTO TO ITS LOWER RIGHT - BOTH MOONS ABOUT THE SIZE OF MERCURY BUT MUCH LIGHTER
COMPARE WITH THE PHOTO BELOW BY STAN RICHARD IN URBANDALE, IOWA
THE DEC 1st MOON VENUS JUPITER CONJUNCTION NEXT TO A NATURAL CHRISTMAS TREE
PHOTO ABOVE IS ALSO BY STAN RICHARD IN URBANDALE, IOWAASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY for 2008 December 13
THE 60 inch MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY TURNS 100 YEARS OLD
The 60-inch Reflector
Credit & Copyright: Wally Pacholka (TWAN), courtesy Mike Simmons (AWB)
Explanation: On the night of December 13, 1908, 100 years ago today, the 60-inch diameter reflecting telescope of Mount Wilson Observatory was first tested on the stars. It became the first successful large reflecting telescope. The 60-inch reflector demonstrated a scalable design that used a mirror to gather faint starlight, rather than a large and more difficult to support lens, becoming the granddaddy of all, even larger, modern telescopes. Now-famous astronomers, including Harlow Shapley and Edwin Hubble, were able to use the 60-inch reflector to embark on a new kind of exploration of stars, distant galaxies, and the nature of the universe. Still looking skyward a century after its first light, the historic telescope is seen here pointing toward one of the most recognizable celestial events of 2008, the remarkable conjunction of Moon, Venus, and Jupiter which occurred on December 1st.
FROM DOWN UNDER AT GREEN POINT, NSW, AUSTRALIA THE LUNAR POSITION AND ANGLE
OF VIEW ARE DIFFERENT GIVING A SMILEY FACE APPEARANCE TO THE CELESTIAL TRIANGLE. PHOTO BELOW WITH THE CRESCENT MOON IN CLOUDS IS BY MIKE SALWAY
THE ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY for 2008 DECEMBER 4
Venus in the Moon
Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler (Panther Observatory)
Inset: Vincent Jacques
Explanation: On December 1, bright planets Venus and Jupiter gathered near the young crescent Moon, an inspiring celestial scene in early evening skies around the world. But from some locations the Moon actually passed in front of Venus, interrupting the tight grouping with a lunar occultation. Captured from Wildon, Austria, this twilight view shows the silvery evening star about five minutes before it slipped behind the dark lunar limb and vanished from sight for more than hour. The image is a combination of long and short exposures showing details of the lunar surface illuminated by both faint earthshineskies over Breil-sur-Roya in southeastern France, a dazzling Venus has reappeared below the bright lunar crescent. Of course, Jupiter, at the upper right about 3 degrees from Venus and Moon, is sporting moons of its own seen as tiny pinpricks of light on either side of the bright planet Ganymede above left, Callisto lower right. The larger picture was at twilight. In the inset, recorded later the sky had darkened.
BELOW IS A PHOTO BY DAVE MARSHALL FROM A MILITARY PLANE FLYING OVER IRAQ
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GREAT PHOTO BY LONG ISLAND'S NOTED AMATEUR ASTRONOMER AND AUTHOR
PHIL HARRINGTON
OF JUPITER AND VENUS REFLECTED IN ARTIST'S LAKE, MIDDLE ISLAND on LI
NOTE THAT THE CONJUNCTION ACTUALLY OCCURRED THE NIGHT OF NOV 30
COMPARE THE PICTURE ABOVE WITH THE PICTURE BELOW FROM CHILE
NOTE THAT VENUS IS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF JUPITER UP HERE BUT REVERSE IN THE SOUTH
ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY for 2008 November 29
Chilean Skyscape
Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (ESO)
Explanation: Night skies over Chilean mountain top observatories can be dark and clear, with glorious cosmic vistas. In this recent example, the plane of our Milky Way galaxy stretches parallel to the horizon, the galactic center's star clusters, dark dust clouds, and glowing nebulae hovering in the west. Recorded after sunset, the wedge of light extending upward through the scene is Zodiacal light, sunlight scattered by dust along the solar system's ecliptic plane. A faint meteor was also caught in the view, but approaching a conjunction, brilliant Venus and bright Jupiter dominate the skyscape. A close pairing through this weekend, by Monday, December 1, they will be joined by the young crescent Moon. Look west after sunset and the tight celestial triangle formed by Moon, Venus, and Jupiter, the three brightest beacons in the night, will be a spectacular sight, even from bright-sky urban locations all over the world.
JUPITER OVER VENUS AS SEEN FROM THE LUT DESERT IN KERMAN, IRAN
From Spaceweather.com for 2008 November 29
NOTE THAT IN EUROPE THE MOON WENT IN FRONT OF VENUS -
THIS SPECTACULAR EVENT IS CALLED A LUNAR OCCULTATION
THE 210* ABOVE MEANS AN AZIMUTH OF 210* WHERE S=180* AND SW IS 225*. SO THAT 210* IS 15* TO THE LEFT OF SW
AT 5 PM ON DEC 1 WHEN THE TRIANGLE ABOVE WAS ABOUT 20 DEGREES ABOVE THE SOUTH- WEST HORIZON, THE MOON-VENUS SEPARATION WAS 2.4* AND THE MOON-JUPITER SEPARATION WAS 3.4* where 1* (degree) equals the width of about two full moons. THE CLOSEST APPROACH OF VENUS TO JUPITER OF 2.0* ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON NOV 30 AT 10:44 PM AFTER THEY HAD ALREADY SET BELOW THE HORIZON FROM SOUTH NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK.
ACTUAL DISTANCES FROM EARTH IN MILES at 6 PM EST on 2008 DECEMBER 1:
SUN - 91,655,605
MOON - 251,283 WHICH IS QUITE FAR FOR THE MOON - 29,724 MILES MORE THAN on DEC 12
VENUS - 93,144,106
JUPITER 540,238,388
VENUS WILL FIRST BE NEARER TO US THAN THE SUN IS at 3:13 AM ON DEC 4 at 91,610,891 MILES. MINIMUM VENUS DISTANCE TO THE EARTH WILL OCCUR on 2009 MARCH 27 at 8:12 AM EDT - AT ONLY 26,164,423 MILES.
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NOTE THE NEXT VENUS OCCULTATION IN THE US (WESTERN 70%) IS ON MORNING OF 2009 APRIL 22
SEE LEFT MENU FOR DETAILS AT VENUS IN OUR SKY
THE MAP AND LIST BELOW GIVES THE DATA FOR MANY EUROPEAN CITIES. TO ME IT APPEARS THAT ITALY HAD THE BEST DEAL IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD FOR THEM. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF VENUS OCCURS ON THE DARK LIMB OF THE MOON MAKING IT APPEAR MORE DRAMATIC THAN THE REAPPEARANCE ON THE BRIGHT LIMB OF THE LUNAR CRESCENT. WESTERN EUROPE WILL HAVE TO TRY TO SEE
THE DISAPPEARANCE IN DAYLIGHT. THE EASTERN PART ESPECIALLY UP NORTH WILL HAVE TO TRY TO SEE THE REAPPEARANCE WITH
THE MOON NEARLY SETTING. SOUTHERN ITALY GETS THE BEST VIEW OF BOTH PARTS OF THIS OCCULTATION.
NOTE THAT THE TIME GIVEN IS UNIVERSAL TIME (UT) WHICH IS THE TIME ZONE OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN. MOST OF EUROPE IS ONE HOUR LATER. SUBTRACTING 11 HOURS FROM THE TIME GIVEN IN UT AND ADDING PM WILL GIVE YOU THE CORRECT TIME FOR MOST OF EUROPE.
FROM IOTA
http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/planets08/1201venus.htm
UNIVERSAL TIME OF DISAPPEARANCE & REAPPEARANCE
Occultation predictions of Venus Magnitude -4.2
Date 2008 Dec 1
Moon: % illumination = 13+, Solar elongation = 42
Disappearance
U.T. Sun Moon CA PA WA a b
Location h m s Alt Alt Az o o o m/o m/o
Aalborg Denmark 15 58 41 -9 6 203 81N 74 82 +1.2 -0.8
Aberdeen Scotlan 15 43 20 -2 9 189 69N 62 70 +1.3 -0.1
Agadir Morocco 15 21 48 23 36 176 83S 90 98 +3.6 +0.1
Algiers Algeria 16 2 5 5 27 200 74S 99 107 +3.2 -1.2
Amsterdam Nether 15 54 58 -4 12 198 81N 74 82 +1.6 -0.5
Barcelona Spain 15 55 32 4 23 197 85S 88 96 +2.5 -0.6
Belfast Nor Irel 15 37 59 2 12 184 68N 61 69 +1.5 +0.1
Beograd Yugoslav 16 34 33 10 221 57S 116 124 +2.5 -2.9
Bergen Norway 15 51 3 -8 4 198 73N 66 75 +1.1 -0.6
Berlin Germany 16 7 26 -10 9 209 89S 84 93 +1.5 -1.1
Besancon France 16 0 4 -2 16 201 90S 83 91 +2.0 -0.7
Birmingham Engla 15 44 14 1 13 190 74N 67 75 +1.6 -0.1
Bologna Italy 16 14 19 -7 16 209 75S 98 106 +2.2 -1.5
Bordeaux France 15 47 42 5 21 192 85N 78 86 +2.2 -0.2
Bristol England 15 42 57 2 14 189 74N 67 75 +1.7 +0.0
Brno Czech Repub 16 17 28 10 214 77S 96 104 +1.7 -1.6
Brussels Belgium 15 54 52 -3 14 198 83N 76 84 +1.7 -0.5
Bucharest Romani 16 53 1 5 229 35S 138 146 +4.4 -7.3
Budapest Hungary 16 25 9 10 218 69S 104 113 +1.9 -2.0
Casablanca Moroc 15 29 14 19 33 181 86S 87 95 +3.3 +0.1
Catania Italy 16 46 14 17 220 36S 137 145 +6.7 -8.2
Cluj Romania 16 36 2 7 224 56S 117 125 +2.2 -3.0
Copenhagen Denma 16 3 18 -10 7 207 86N 79 87 +1.3 -1.0
Dresden Germany 16 10 18 -10 10 210 85S 88 96 +1.6 -1.2
Dublin Ireland 15 37 18 3 13 184 69N 62 70 +1.6 +0.2
Duesseldorf Germ 15 58 37 -5 12 201 85N 78 86 +1.6 -0.7
Frankfurt German 16 2 36 -6 13 204 89N 82 90 +1.7 -0.9
Gdansk Poland 16 12 53 5 214 85S 88 96 +1.3 -1.4
Geneva Switzerla 16 1 5 -2 17 201 88S 85 93 +2.0 -0.8
Glasgow Scotland 15 40 23 0 10 186 68N 61 69 +1.4 +0.0
Goteborg SWEDEN 16 0 27 -10 5 206 82N 75 83 +1.2 -0.9
Granada Spain 15 42 4 12 29 189 86S 87 95 +3.0 -0.2
Graz Austria 16 18 53 -11 12 214 74S 99 107 +2.0 -1.7
Hamburg Germany 16 1 44 -8 9 204 86N 79 87 +1.5 -0.9
Hannover Germany 16 2 22 -7 10 204 87N 80 88 +1.5 -0.9
Jaervsoe Sweden 16 1 1 1 209 82N 75 83 +0.9 -1.1
Kiev Ukraine 16 38 0 1 229 55S 118 126 +1.7 -3.1
Kishinev Moldavi 16 47 48 3 230 43S 130 138 +2.7 -4.8
Krakow Poland 16 21 34 8 217 74S 99 107 +1.7 -1.8
Lecce Italy 16 44 12 13 222 42S 131 139 +4.3 -5.4
Leipzig Germany 16 7 34 -9 10 208 88S 85 93 +1.6 -1.1
Lisbon Portugal 15 26 2 16 28 178 83N 76 84 +2.7 +0.5
Liverpool Englan 15 42 14 1 13 188 71N 65 73 +1.5 +0.0
Ljubljana Sloven 16 18 37 -10 13 213 73S 100 108 +2.1 -1.7
London England 15 47 6 0 14 192 76N 70 78 +1.7 -0.2
Luxembourg 15 58 40 -3 14 201 87N 80 88 +1.8 -0.7
Lvov Ukraine 16 28 56 5 222 66S 107 115 +1.7 -2.3
Lyons France 15 58 42 -1 18 200 89S 84 92 +2.1 -0.7
Madrid Spain 15 40 54 10 25 188 87N 80 89 +2.6 +0.0
Marseille France 16 1 58 0 20 201 84S 89 98 +2.3 -0.9
Milano Italy 16 8 12 -5 16 206 82S 92 100 +2.1 -1.1
Minsk Belorus 16 25 20 1 224 71S 102 110 +1.3 -2.1
Munich Germany 16 9 55 -8 13 208 83S 90 98 +1.9 -1.2
Naples Italy 16 28 45 -10 17 216 58S 115 123 +3.0 -2.7
Newcastle uT Eng 15 44 19 -1 11 190 71N 65 73 +1.4 -0.1
Odessa Ukraine 16 57 3 1 233 30S 143 151 +9.9 +9.9
Oslo Norway 15 57 2 -11 3 204 78N 71 80 +1.1 -0.8
Padua Italy 16 14 6 -7 15 210 77S 96 104 +2.1 -1.4
Palermo Italy 16 34 25 -9 19 216 49S 124 132 +4.0 -3.9
Paris France 15 52 16 0 16 196 83N 76 84 +1.8 -0.4
Pic du Midi Fran 15 49 53 5 22 194 89N 82 90 +2.4 -0.3
Plymouth England 15 40 25 4 16 187 73N 67 75 +1.7 +0.1
Porto Portugal 15 28 36 14 25 180 80N 73 81 +2.5 +0.4
Poznan Poland 16 13 8 8 213 83S 90 98 +1.5 -1.4
Prague Czech Rep 16 12 24 -10 10 211 83S 91 99 +1.7 -1.3
Riga Latvia 16 15 30 1 220 83S 90 99 +1.1 -1.6
Roma Italy 16 21 17 -7 17 212 66S 107 115 +2.6 -2.0
San Fernando Spa 15 33 48 15 30 183 90S 84 92 +3.0 +0.1
Santiago de Comp 15 29 30 13 23 180 78N 71 79 +2.3 +0.4
Skalnate Pleso S 16 23 56 8 218 71S 102 110 +1.7 -2.0
Sofia Bulgaria 16 53 4 8 227 34S 139 147 +5.4 -8.4
Stavanger Norway 15 52 15 -7 6 198 75N 68 76 +1.2 -0.6
Stockholm Sweden 16 5 36 2 212 87N 80 88 +1.0 -1.2
Strasbourg Franc 16 2 23 -4 14 203 90S 84 92 +1.8 -0.8
Tirane Albania 16 45 51 12 223 41S 132 140 +4.2 -5.5
Torino Italy 16 5 28 -3 17 204 83S 90 98 +2.2 -1.0
Toulouse France 15 52 39 3 21 195 90N 83 91 +2.3 -0.4
Trondheim Norway 15 54 2 -12 1 203 75N 68 76 +0.9 -0.8
Tunis Tunisia 16 26 17 -5 22 212 54S 118 127 +3.9 -3.1
Valencia Spain 15 49 48 7 26 193 86S 87 95 +2.7 -0.4
Valladolid Spain 15 38 19 10 24 186 84N 77 85 +2.5 +0.1
Vilnius Lithuani 16 20 53 2 222 76S 97 105 +1.2 -1.8
Warszawa Poland 16 19 37 6 218 77S 96 104 +1.5 -1.7
Wien Austria 16 18 37 -12 11 214 75S 98 106 +1.8 -1.6
Wroclaw POLAND 16 15 16 8 214 81S 92 101 +1.6 -1.5
Zagreb Croatia 16 22 16 -11 13 215 70S 103 111 +2.1 -1.9
Zurich Switzerla 16 4 56 -5 15 204 86S 87 95 +1.9 -1.0
Reappearance
U.T. Sun Moon CA PA WA a b
Location h m s Alt Alt Az o o o m/o m/o
Aalborg Denmark 17 20 17 0 221 -65S 238 246 +0.6 -0.9
Aberdeen Scotlan 17 10 8 -12 5 209 -78S 251 259 +1.1 -0.9
Agadir Morocco 16 59 27 7 32 203 -39S 212 220 +1.2 +1.5
Algiers Algeria 17 16 37 -9 20 217 -28S 201 209 +0.1 +1.4
Amsterdam Nether 17 20 40 6 217 -62S 235 243 +0.8 -0.7
Barcelona Spain 17 20 18 -10 16 216 -43S 215 224 +0.6 +0.5
Belfast Nor Irel 17 7 49 -9 8 205 -79S 252 260 +1.3 -0.8
Beograd Yugoslav 17 22 29 4 230 -16S 189 197 -0.8 +1.7
Berlin Germany 17 25 16 2 225 -52S 225 233 +0.4 -0.5
Besancon France 17 23 31 9 219 -50S 223 231 +0.6 -0.1
Birmingham Engla 17 14 19 -11 9 210 -71S 244 252 +1.1 -0.7
Bologna Italy 17 24 50 9 224 -34S 207 215 +0.1 +0.6
Bordeaux France 17 18 50 -9 14 213 -55S 228 236 +0.9 -0.1
Bristol England 17 14 2 -10 10 209 -71S 243 252 +1.2 -0.6
Brno Czech Repub 17 26 41 3 228 -39S 212 220 +0.0 +0.1
Brussels Belgium 17 21 13 7 217 -60S 233 241 +0.8 -0.5
Bucharest Romani 17 13 17 2 233 5S 168 176 -3.0 +5.9
Budapest Hungary 17 25 55 3 230 -29S 202 210 -0.2 +0.6
Casablanca Moroc 17 6 1 2 28 206 -43S 215 224 +1.1 +1.1
Catania Italy 17 6 16 14 224 9S 164 172 -4.4 +7.7
Cluj Romania 17 23 11 1 233 -17S 190 198 -0.7 +1.5
Copenhagen Denma 17 22 58 0 224 -59S 232 240 +0.5 -0.8
Dresden Germany 17 26 2 3 226 -48S 220 229 +0.3 -0.3
Dublin Ireland 17 8 17 -8 9 205 -78S 251 259 +1.3 -0.7
Duesseldorf Germ 17 22 40 6 219 -58S 230 239 +0.6 -0.5
Frankfurt German 17 24 16 6 221 -53S 226 234 +0.5 -0.4
Geneva Switzerla 17 23 39 10 219 -48S 221 229 +0.5 +0.0
Glasgow Scotland 17 8 44 -10 7 206 -79S 252 260 +1.2 -0.9
Granada Spain 17 13 34 -4 23 211 -43S 215 224 +0.9 +0.8
Graz Austria 17 26 8 5 227 -35S 207 216 +0.0 +0.4
Hamburg Germany 17 23 13 3 222 -58S 231 239 +0.5 -0.7
Hannover Germany 17 23 43 4 222 -56S 229 237 +0.5 -0.6
Krakow Poland 17 26 48 0 231 -36S 209 217 -0.1 +0.2
Lecce Italy 17 13 30 9 227 1S 172 180 -2.3 +4.5
Leipzig Germany 17 25 27 3 224 -50S 223 231 +0.4 -0.4
Lisbon Portugal 17 7 37 1 24 204 -57S 230 238 +1.5 +0.4
Liverpool Englan 17 12 9 -10 8 208 -74S 247 255 +1.2 -0.8
Ljubljana Sloven 17 25 42 6 226 -33S 206 214 +0.0 +0.5
London England 17 16 41 -12 9 212 -67S 240 248 +1.0 -0.6
Luxembourg 17 22 59 7 219 -55S 228 236 +0.6 -0.4
Lyons France 17 22 54 11 218 -49S 221 230 +0.6 +0.0
Madrid Spain 17 15 8 -5 20 210 -51S 224 232 +1.0 +0.4
Marseille France 17 22 47 13 219 -42S 214 223 +0.4 +0.4
Milano Italy 17 24 51 9 222 -41S 213 222 +0.3 +0.3
Munich Germany 17 25 52 6 224 -44S 216 225 +0.3 +0.0
Naples Italy 17 19 56 10 226 -15S 188 196 -0.7 +2.0
Newcastle uT Eng 17 12 33 -12 6 210 -75S 248 256 +1.1 -0.8
Padua Italy 17 25 21 8 224 -36S 209 217 +0.1 +0.4
Palermo Italy 17 13 44 14 224 -5S 177 185 -1.6 +3.5
Paris France 17 20 31 10 215 -59S 232 240 +0.8 -0.4
Pic du Midi Fran 17 19 26 -9 16 214 -50S 223 231 +0.8 +0.2
Plymouth England 17 12 58 -8 11 208 -71S 243 252 +1.2 -0.6
Porto Portugal 17 9 7 -1 21 204 -61S 233 242 +1.5 +0.1
Poznan Poland 17 26 19 0 228 -47S 219 228 +0.2 -0.3
Prague Czech Rep 17 26 22 3 226 -44S 217 225 +0.2 -0.1
Roma Italy 17 22 31 10 225 -24S 196 205 -0.3 +1.3
San Fernando Spa 17 10 14 -1 24 208 -47S 219 228 +1.1 +0.8
Santiago de Comp 17 9 16 -2 20 204 -64S 237 245 +1.5 +0.0
Skalnate Pleso S 17 26 32 1 231 -33S 206 214 -0.2 +0.4
Sofia Bulgaria 17 11 10 5 231 7S 166 174 -3.8 +7.2
Stavanger Norway 17 15 25 1 216 -73S 246 254 +0.8 -1.1
Strasbourg Franc 17 24 14 7 221 -51S 223 232 +0.5 -0.2
Tirane Albania 17 14 8 8 229 1S 172 180 -2.3 +4.5
Torino Italy 17 24 15 10 221 -42S 215 223 +0.4 +0.2
Toulouse France 17 20 30 -11 14 215 -49S 222 230 +0.8 +0.1
Tunis Tunisia 17 13 51 16 222 -9S 182 190 -1.1 +2.9
Valencia Spain 17 17 36 -7 19 214 -43S 215 224 +0.7 +0.6
Valladolid Spain 17 14 20 -5 19 209 -55S 228 236 +1.2 +0.2
Wien Austria 17 26 32 3 228 -36S 209 217 +0.0 +0.3
Wroclaw POLAND 17 26 40 1 228 -43S 216 224 +0.1 -0.1
Zagreb Croatia 17 25 27 5 228 -30S 202 211 -0.2 +0.7
Zurich Switzerla 17 24 48 8 221 -47S 219 228 +0.4 +0.0
Sites
Location E. Long Latitude
Aalborg Denmark 9 52.7 57 2.1
Aberdeen Scotlan - 2 4.0 57 10.0
Agadir Morocco - 9 40.0 30 30.0
Algiers Algeria 3 2.1 36 48.1
Amsterdam Nether 4 54.3 52 20.6
Barcelona Spain 2 9.6 41 23.2
Belfast Nor Irel - 5 55.0 54 35.0
Beograd Yugoslav 20 30.8 44 48.2
Bergen Norway 5 20.0 60 23.0
Berlin Germany 13 6.4 52 24.4
Besancon France 5 59.3 47 15.0
Birmingham Engla - 1 50.0 52 30.0
Bologna Italy 11 20.5 44 28.1
Bordeaux France - 0 34.0 44 50.0
Bristol England - 2 40.4 51 29.4
Brno Czech Repub 16 35.3 49 12.3
Brussels Belgium 4 20.6 50 47.7
Bucharest Romani 26 5.8 44 24.8
Budapest Hungary 19 3.9 47 29.1
Casablanca Moroc - 7 35.0 33 39.0
Catania Italy 15 5.2 37 30.2
Cluj Romania 23 35.9 46 42.8
Copenhagen Denma 12 34.6 55 41.2
Dresden Germany 13 52.3 51 3.0
Dublin Ireland - 6 15.0 53 20.0
Duesseldorf Germ 6 45.7 51 12.4
Frankfurt German 8 39.0 50 8.5
Gdansk Poland 18 39.0 54 21.3
Geneva Switzerla 6 8.2 46 18.4
Glasgow Scotland - 4 18.3 55 54.1
Goteborg SWEDEN 11 53.6 57 46.7
Granada Spain - 3 24.0 37 4.1
Graz Austria 15 26.9 47 4.6
Hamburg Germany 9 58.4 53 33.1
Hannover Germany 9 42.8 52 23.3
Jaervsoe Sweden 16 11.3 61 41.9
Kiev Ukraine 30 29.9 50 27.2
Kishinev Moldavi 28 52.0 46 57.4
Krakow Poland 19 49.6 50 3.3
Lecce Italy 18 10.5 40 21.1
Leipzig Germany 12 23.5 51 20.1
Lisbon Portugal - 9 11.2 38 42.7
Liverpool Englan - 3 4.3 53 24.1
Ljubljana Sloven 14 28.2 46 2.8
London England - 0 10.0 51 30.0
Luxembourg 6 8.0 49 37.0
Lvov Ukraine 24 1.8 49 50.0
Lyons France 4 47.1 45 41.7
Madrid Spain - 3 41.1 40 24.6
Marseille France 5 23.6 43 18.3
Milano Italy 9 11.5 45 28.0
Minsk Belorus 27 34.0 53 54.0
Munich Germany 11 36.5 48 8.7
Naples Italy 14 15.3 40 51.8
Newcastle uT Eng - 1 35.0 54 59.0
Odessa Ukraine 30 45.5 46 28.6
Oslo Norway 10 45.1 60 12.7
Padua Italy 11 52.3 45 24.0
Palermo Italy 13 21.5 38 6.7
Paris France 2 20.2 48 50.2
Pic du Midi Fran 0 8.6 42 56.2
Plymouth England - 4 8.1 50 24.5
Porto Portugal - 8 37.0 41 9.0
Poznan Poland 16 52.7 52 23.8
Prague Czech Rep 14 23.7 50 4.6
Riga Latvia 24 7.0 56 57.1
Roma Italy 12 27.1 41 55.3
San Fernando Spa - 6 12.2 36 28.0
Santiago de Comp - 8 33.6 42 52.5
Skalnate Pleso S 20 14.7 49 11.3
Sofia Bulgaria 23 20.8 42 41.0
Stavanger Norway 5 37.5 58 55.9
Stockholm Sweden 18 3.5 59 20.5
Strasbourg Franc 7 46.2 48 35.0
Tirane Albania 19 49.0 41 20.0
Torino Italy 7 41.8 45 4.1
Toulouse France 1 27.8 43 36.7
Trondheim Norway 10 26.1 63 24.7
Tunis Tunisia 10 11.0 36 48.0
Valencia Spain - 0 24.0 39 29.0
Valladolid Spain - 4 43.0 41 39.0
Vilnius Lithuani 25 17.2 54 41.0
Warszawa Poland 21 4.2 52 12.8
Wien Austria 16 20.2 48 13.9
Wroclaw POLAND 17 2.5 51 6.4
Zagreb Croatia 16 1.3 45 49.5
Zurich Switzerla 8 33.1 47 22.6