PIX4588485: Transit of Venus in front of the Sun. 05/06/2012 - Venus Transit. 05/06/2012 - Beginning of the transit of Venus in front of the Sun seen by the SDO satellite, June 5, 2012. Beginning of Venus transit on June 5 2012. On June 5-6 2012, SDO is collecting images of one of the rarest predictable solar events: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. This event happens in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years. The last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588576: Transit de Venus - 06/06/2012 - Transit of Venus (June 6, 2012) - Transit of Venus in front of the Sun seen from Hungary, June 6, 2012. Venus is barely visible as a black dot on the upper center of the solar disc. The Transit of Venus is a rare celestial phenomenon happens only twice in each century and the 2012 transit was the last of our time. Image taken from Hungary / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588583: Transit de Venus - 06/06/2012 - Transit of Venus (June 6 2012) - Transit of Venus in front of the Sun seen from Hungary, June 6, 2012. The Transit of Venus is a rare celestial phenomenon happens only twice in each century and the 2012 transit was the last of our time. Image taken from Hungary / Bridgeman Images
PIX4587373: Rapprochement between Venus and Jupiter - Jupiter-Venus conjunction - Venus (the brightest) and Jupiter seen on 27 November 2008. In the foreground, the 620 mm telescope of the Ferme des Etoiles (32). Venus (the brightest) with Jupiter seen on November 27, 2008. Foreground is a 620 mm telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4587573: Mars near the Full Moon-12/2007 - Full Moon with March-12/2007 - At the end of 2007, the planet Mars was closest to the Earth, it was its opposition, and it shone strong enough to remain visible to the naked eye right next to the dazzling Full Moon. Planet Mars is shining near full Moon on december 24 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4587596: Movement of Mars in the Taurus of August 2007 to April 2008 - Motion of Mars in Taurus from august 2007 to april 2008 - Superposition of photos showing the movement of Mars Planet in the Taurus from August 18, 2007 to March 6, 2008. The motion of Mars in constellation of Taurus from august 18 2007 to march 6 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4587712: Conjunction Mars Saturn and M44 - Saturn Mars conjunction - Mars, towards the center of the image, is reflected in the water; to his left Saturn near the cluster of the Creche cluster (M44). 5 June 2006, Quimper Mars (near the center left of the image) and Saturn (close to M44 star cluster) are reflecting in the water. June 5, 2006 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588638: Core of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko seen by the Rosetta probe: Degazing a plume of dust particles seen on 3 July 2016 by the Rosetta probe on the surface of the comet. A plume of dust from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, seen by the OSIRIS wide-angle camera on Esa's Rosetta spacecraft on 3 July 2016. The shadow of the plume is cast across the basin, in the Imhotep region. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588765: The Summer Triangle - Starry sky - Summer triangle - Star trails - The Summer Triangle; Dened du Swan, Vega de la Lyre and Altair de l'Eagle. Also visible are the constellation of the Fleche, the small constellation of the Dauphin (in the raz des rocks), on the left, Cephee, and on the upper right Hercules, then Ophiuchus. In overprint, the mythological forms of these constellations, extracted from the Uranographia of Hevelius. May 20, 2007, Ploumanach (Cotes d'Armor - France). The summer triangle (Deneb in Cygnus, Vega in Lyra and Altair in Aquila). Sagitta, Delphinus (at the bottom), Cepheus (left) Hercules and Ophiuchus (right) are also visible. Mythological Constellations forms from “” Uranographia”” star atlas by Hevelius (1690) have been added. May 20, 2007, Ploumanach (Cotes d'Armor - France) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588770: The Summer Triangle - Starry sky - Summer triangle - Star trails - The Summer Triangle; Dened du Swan, Vega de la Lyre and Altair de l'Eagle. Also visible are the constellation of the Fleche, the small constellation of the Dauphin (at the raz des rocks), on the left, Cephee, and on the upper right Hercules. May 20, 2007, Ploumanach (Cotes d'Armor - France). The summer triangle (Deneb in Cygnus, Vega in Lyra and Altair in Aquila). Sagitta, Delphinus (at the bottom), Cepheus (left) Hercules are also visible. May 20, 2007, Ploumanach (Cotes d'Armor - France) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588773: Summer Triangle - Starry sky - Summer triangle - Summer Triangle; top, Dened du Swan, bottom right Vega de la Lyre and bottom left Altair de l'Eagle. The Fleche and the Dauphin are also visible. 13 August 2006, Treguennec (Finistere). The summer triangle: (top) Deneb in Cygnus, (bottom right) Vega in Lyra and Altair in Aquila (bottom left) above a beach in Brittany. Sagitta and Delphinus are also visible. August 13 2006, Treguennec (Finistere - France) / Bridgeman Images