Iconography on the transit of Venus

This list is organized by date of transit, then in alphabetical order according to the name of the astronomer responsible of the expedition, taking all nationalities together.

Before the first observation

1639

1761

1769

1874

1882

1631

Pierre Gassendi : portrait [[mercure-icono-1631-gassendi]]

1639

Horrocks and Crabtree - Hoole and Manchester, England

Horrocks and Crabtree: first observation [[venus-icono-1639-horrocks]]

1761

General points

James Ferguson : figures of transit, world map; Delambre manuscript [[ venus-icono-1761-généralités ]]

Preparation of transit by the French

Edmund Halley : portrait [[icono-Halley]]

Delisle : portrait, world map and manuscript [[venus-icono-1761-preparation-francais]]

Observations results

Lalande : figures for the computation of parallax; Hell : contacts ; method for plane projection; Ferguson : figures of transit, world map [[venus-icono-1761-résultats-observations]

Chappe d'Auteroche - Tobolsk, Siberia

Chappe d'Auteroche : in Tobolsk ; Sun's austral edge [[venus-icono-1761-chappe]]

Samuel Dunn - Chelsea, England

Dunn : planet Venus and its atmosphere [[venus-icono-1761-dunn]]

William Hirst - Madras, India

Hirst : Saint-Georges fort on Coromandel hill [[venus-icono-1761-hirst]]

Guillaume Hyacynthe Le Gentil de la Galaisière - journey and observations

Le Gentil, engravings made during his journeys: Pondichéry, the Brahma, fauna, different maps;Pondichéry view; map of the Seven-year war[[venus-icono-1761-le-gentil]]

Nevil Maskelyne - Sainte-Hélène island

Maskelyne : portrait [[venus-icono-1761-maskelyne]]

Mason and Dixon - cape of Good-Hope

Mason and Dixon surveyors [[venus-icono-1761-mason]]

Alexandre-Gui Pingré - Rodrigues island, Indian ocean (east of the present Mauritius island)

Pingré : portrait [[venus-icono-1761-pingré]]

1769

Predictions

Lalande : world map ; Pingré : map of the South sea facilitate navigation [[venus-icono-1769-prévisions-passage]]

Analysis of results

Lalande manuscript: calculations, figures to compute parallax and contacts ; Cassini : the contacts [[venus-icono-1769-analyse-résultats]]

Chappe d'Auteroche - San Jose, California

Chappe d'Auteroche : Mexico city plan, plants and animals, the contacts ; Chappe's burial in California [[venus-icono-1769-chappe]]

James Bradley - Cape Lizard

Bradley : portrait [[venus-icono-1769-bradley]]

James Cook - Tahiti

Cook : portraits of James Cook and Joseph Banks ; contacts and botanical and geological specimens; diagram of the "black drop" ; Endeavour ship ; map of Tahiti and of Point Venus ; views of Fort Venus and of Point Venus [[venus-icono-1769-cook]]

Charles Green - Tahiti

Green : contacts [[venus-icono-1769-green]]

Samuel Horsley - Greenwich, London, England

Horsley : contacts and "black drop" [[venus-icono-1769-horsley]]

Guillaume Hyacynthe Le Gentil de la Galaisière - journeys and observations

Le Gentil, engravins made during his journeys: Pondichéry, theBrahma, fauna, different maps ; view of Pondichéry ; Seven-year war map[[venus-icono-1769-le-gentil]]

Alexandre-Gui Pingré - cap François, Saint-Domingue

Pingré : portrait [[venus-icono-1769-pingré]]

David Rittenhouse - Norriton (nowadays Norristown) , Pennsylvania, United States

David Rittenhouse : portrait ; observatory ; diagram of transit [[venus-icono-1769-rittenhouse]]

1874

Preparation

Device to simulate the black drop phenomenon; Camille Flammarion chart for the transit ; commemorative medal ; allegorical figures of the Earth and Venus ; Proctor : charts for the transit, [[venus-icono-1874-préparation-passage]]

Preparation of transit by the French

Wolf and André : research on the observation of contacts ; Puiseux : chart of transit ; A. Laussedat : camera ; photographic telescope [[venus-icono-1874-preparation-France]]

Results of observations

Simon Newcomb : contacts, "black drop" phenomenon, world map; method to photograph the transits [[venus-icono-1874-résultats-observations]]

Australian observations

Russell : cover of work ; portraits of members of the expedition ; contacts ; Sydney observatory ; other observations in Australia [[venus-icono-1874-observateurs-australiens]]

American observations

Group photograph of the american expeditions ; world map ; Simon Newcomb : photoheliographic device, contacts, black drop, method to photograph the transits [[venus-icono-1874-observations-américaines]]

British observations

Plans of the observatories, contacts : Tupman, Forbes, Johnson, Browne, Hunter, Neate, Wharton, Hoggan, Perry, Corbet expeditions [[venus-icono-1874-observations-anglaises]]

Resultats of the observations

Simon Newcomb : contacts ; "black drop" ; method to photograph the transits ; world map [[venus-icono-1874-résultats-observations]]

Abney - Thebes, Egypt

Abney : negative of Venus exit [[venus-icono-1874-abney]]

Adams - Woodford, Australia

Adams : observations at Woodford, Fairfax ; heliograph ; astronomers waiting for the transit; negatives of transit [[venus-icono-1874-adams]]

Allerding - Sydney, Hunter Street, Australia

Allerding : observations [[venus-icono-1874-allerding]]

Charles André - Nouméa

André : telescope ; contacts ; plan and view of the observatory ; experiments [[venus-icono-1874-andré]]

Balding - Newcastle, Australia

Balding : observations [[venus-icono-1874-balding]]

Belfield - Eversleigh, Armidale

Belfield : observations ; copy of a negative of the black drop by Janssen [[venus-icono-1874-belfield]]

Bouquet de la Grye - Campbell island (nowadays in New Zealand)

Bouquet de la Grye : portrait, observatory ; map of Venus bay and of Campbell's island; plan of installations ; atlas of 68 colour plates : geological plates, pinguins, shellfish plates [[venus-icono-1874-bouquet-de-la-grye]]

Orde Browne - Mokattem Hills, near Cairo, Egypt

Browne : the expedition ; map of the environs of Cairo and of encampment ; contacts [[venus-icono-1874-browne]]

Corbet - Kerguelen islands, Supply bay

Corbet : observation of Venus entrance [[venus-icono-1874-corbet]]

Delacroix - Kobe, Japan

Delacroix : entrance and exit of Venus [[venus-icono-1874-delacroix]]

Forbes - Sandwich islands, Kailua, (Hawaï)

Forbes : plan of Kailua station [[venus-icono-1874-forbes]]

William Harkness

Harkness : portrait ; team of observers at Hobart Town [[venus-icono-1874-harkness]]

Hennessey - Mussoorie, May-Villa Station, Himalaya

Hennessey : Venus ring as it enters the Sun's disk [[venus-icono-1874-hennessey]]

Héraud - Saïgon (nowadays in Vietnam)

Héraud : city; port and observatory of Saïgon ; equatorial mount of the big telescope [[venus-icono-1874-heraud]]

Hixson - Goulburn, Australia

Hixson : observations ; equatorial telescope [[venus-icono-1874-hixson]]

Hoggan - Rodrigues island, Hermitage Island

Hoggan : observations ; construction of the observatory ; conveyance of instruments and inside views of the observatories ; triangulation [[venus-icono-1874-hoggan]]

Hunter - Suez, Egypt

Hunter :Venus transit [[venus-icono-1874-hunter]]

Pierre Jules César Janssen - Nagasaki, Japan

Janssen : portrait and photographic revolver [[venus-icono-1874-janssen]]

Johnson - Sandwich islands, Waimea, (Hawaï)

Johnson : plan of Waimea village with the observatory [[venus-icono-1874-johnson]]

Lord Lindsay - Mauritius island

Lord Linsay : views of the observatory, of encampment and of members of the expedition [[venus-icono-1874-lindsay]]

Mouchez - Saint-Paul island

Mouchez : portrait ; Saint-Paul island maps ; observatory ; views of the crater of Saint-Paul island; altazimut ; equatorial ; camera ; encampment ; 2 photographic negatives of the Sun ; Venus halo ; hydrography [[venus-icono-1874-mouchez]]

Neate - Rodrigues island, Point Venus

Neate : map of Rodrigues island and of the observatory ; observations ; construction of the observatory, conveyance of instruments and inside views of the observatories ; triangulation [[venus-icono-1874-neate]]

Perry -Kerguelen islands, Observatory bay

Perry : observations [[venus-icono-1874-perry]]

Peters - Queenstown, New Zealand

Peters : group photograph of the members of the expedition [[venus-icono-1874-peters]]

English expeditions Rodrigues island

English expeditions : construction of the observatory ; conveyance of instruments and inside views of the observatories ; triangulation [[venus-icono-1874-rodrigue]]

Russell - Sydney, Australia

Russell : photographs of members of the expedition ; observations ; atmosphere ; observatory ; equatorial telescope ; copy of a negative of transit [[venus-icono-1874-russell]]

Ryan - Molloy Point, Kerguelen islands

Ryan : view of Molloy Point [[venus-icono-1874-ryan]]

Scott - Eden, Australia

Scott : observations ; astronomers waiting for the transit ; equatorial telescope, copy of a negative taken at Eden [[venus-icono-1874-scott]]

Seeliger - Auckland island, New Zealand

Seeliger : german expedition encampment [[venus-icono-1874-seeliger]]

Severn - Grahamstown, New Zealand

Severn : an observer and his instruments [[venus-icono-1874-severn]]

Smith - Whangaroa , Chatham islands, New Zealand

Smith : photograph of the station in Chatham islands [[venus-icono-1874-smith]]

Tacchini - Muddapur, Bengal

Tacchini : observers' bungalow ; plan of observatories ; instruments ; general view of work stations ; figures of contacts ; spectroscopic observation of transit ; spectral images observed at Muddapur ; solar spectrum and protuberances [[venus-icono-1874-Tacchini]]

Tennant - Roorkee, India - Tennant

Strahan - Lahore, India

Tennant and Strahan : plan of Roorkee ; observatory ; plan of tower for equatorial [[venus-icono-1874-Tennant-Strahan]]

Tupman - Honolulu, Sandwich islands

Tupman : english expedition waiting for Venus transit ; plan of Honolulu and the observatory ; contacts [[venus-icono-1874-tupman]]

Wharton - Rodrigues island, Point Coten

Wharton : observations ; construction of the observatory ; convoyance of instruments and inside views of the observatories [[venus-icono-1874-wharton]]

1882

Preparation

Proctor : preliminary chart of transit , 1873 ; Newcomb : world map with visibility zones [[venus-icono-1882-préparation-passage]]

Preparation by the Americans

Commission on the transit of Venus : internal contacts during the entrance and exit of Venus [[venus-icono-1882-preparation-américains]]

German observations

Diagram of the site of Aiken observatory [[venus-icono-1882-observations-allemandes]]

Results of french observations

Hatt : three figures of contacts [[venus-icono-1882-résultats-observations-France]]

Results of american observations

Negative of transit, unknown origin [[venus-icono-1882-résultats-américains]]

Bouquet de la Grye - Puebla, Mexico

Bouquet de la Grye : portrait [[venus-icono-1882-bouquet-de-la-grye]]

Harkness - US Naval Observatory, Washington DC, United States

Harkness : portrait ; construction of observatories at the US Naval Observatory, Washington [[venus-icono-1882-harkness]]

Hatt - Chubut, Argentina

Hatt : three figures of contacts [[venus-icono-1882-hatt]]

Pierre Jules César Janssen - Oran, Algeria

Janssen : portrait and photographic revolver [[venus-icono-1882-janssen]]

Morris - Brisbane, Australia

Morris : group photograph of members of the expedition ; Leonard Darwin and its equatorial mount [[venus-icono-1882-morris]]

Newcomb - Wellington, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Newcomb : Wellington observatory ; Abbie Park Ferguson portrait ; Mary Elizabeth Cummings portrait [[venus-icono-1882-newcomb]]

Perrotin - Rio-Negro, Patagones, Argentina

Perrotin : portrait [[venus-icono-1882-perrotin]]

François Félix Tisserand - Martinique, fort Tartenson, France

Tisserand : portrait [[venus-icono-1882-tisserand]]