VT-2004 project

General Desciption

• http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/venus.html - comprehensive webpage by the Orpington Astronomical Society, with explanations about observational methods etc.

• http://www.astronomische-reisen.de/venus/index.htm - contains dates of all transits between the years 1500 -2500 and a very comprehensive list of onward links (in German)

• http://eclipse.astronomie.info/transit/venus/ - contains background information on venus transits (in German)

• http://www.imcce.fr/ephem/passage/html/passage.html - comprehensive, general information about Mercury and Venus transits from the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides - IMCCE (in French)

• http://home.hetnet.nl/~smvanroode/venustransit/eng/ - website by Steven M. van Rode (in English)

• http://www.transitofvenus.org - very rich website (with many onward links) by Chuck Bueter

Education and Projects

• http://didaktik.physik.uni-essen.de/~backhaus/VenusProject.htm - an internet project for "Observing, Photographing and Evaluating the Transit of Venus, June 8th, 2004" organised by Professor Udo Backhaus (University of Essen, Germany), mainly directed towards schools and amateur astronomers with some astronomical equipment. Detailed explanation of methods etc.

• http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/Transit%20of%20Venus/Introduction.htm - "Paper Plate Education" website by Chuck Bueter

Tables and Graphics about Visibility etc.

• http://www.venus-transit.de/ - webpage with much information and many applets by Jürgen Giesen

• http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Venus2004.pdf - US site with detailed data on the visibility of this astronomical event around the world

• http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/venus0412.html - contains information on both venus transits (in 2004 and 2012) including maps and information on the visibility around the world

• http://www.calsky.com/cs.cgi/Sun/7 - contains online-calculation of local circumstances for all transits of Mercury and Venus

• http://www.imcce.fr/ephem/passage/html_passage/VenusP2004.html - comprehensive information about the Venus Transit in 2004 from the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides - IMCCE (in French)

History, etc.

• http://www.bo.astro.it/~biblio/Horn/dicembre3.htm - an article by Italian astronomer Guido Horn d'Arturo about the "Black Drop" phenomenon (from 1922, in Italian)

Indian Sites

Nehru Planetarium - New Delhi (Discussion Forum) 
Dr. Rathnasree -Transit 2004 New Delhi 
Nehru Planetarium - Mumbai 
Confederation of Indian Amateur Astronomers 
Astronomy Club Ahemdabad
VIPNET club
IUCAA Transit Page