Directory: Science: Astronomy: Eclipses, Occultations and Transits: Transits (12)
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Planetary Transits Across the Sun - NASA/Goddard page with explanations and photographs. Includes detailed information about upcoming events and some history.Orpington Astronomical Society - Transit of Venus 2004 - Description of the event, explanation of timing, illustrations including "black drop effect".
Transit of Venus, 2004 - A table showing predicted time and path of the transit for various locations throughout the world. In PDF format from the US Naval Observatory.
Internet Project - Transit of Venus - Invites students, teachers, and amateur astronomers to participate in studies of the transit of 2004.
Transits of Mercury and Venus - Brief description of the upcoming transits, with information about visibility in Australia and New Zealand.
Telescopes Aim at Mercury - BBC News article anticipating the 2003 transit.
Transit of Mercury Live images - Webcam announcement from Worth Hill Observatory in the UK.
Transit of Venus - Safety, viewing techniques, FAQ, and historic expeditions pertaining to this June 8, 2004 event.
Venus Transit 2004 - Describes the VT-2004 project that is related to this celestial event and which aims at transforming curiosity into knowledge and interest in science through a broad set of actions. It has been launched by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE), together with the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides (IMCCE) and the Observatoire de Paris in France, as well as the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Sun-Earth Day 2004 Venus Transit - Information and resources for students, educators, museums, scientists and amateur astronomers. Animations, facts, graphs, maps, historical articles, and pointers to webcasts and other ways to view the transit.
The Next Transits of Venus - Brief description with diagrams of the 2004 and 2012 transits as seen from Guernsey.
Venus Transit 2004 - The European Southern Observatory describes and invites participation in a project to reenact the determination of the solar parallax using a transit of Venus.
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