venus transit

2004-2012: the transits of Venus

Proposed activities around the transits of Venus

Results of the campaign of observations of the network VT-2004 for the measurement of the distance Earth-Sun i.e. the AU (please reload the page if the link seems to be broken). Site for the observers of the VT-2004 network.

Watch the resultsobtained for the calculation of the Astronomical Unit from the observations that we received.

See the map showing the sites of the observers who have registered and sent their observations in Europe and in the whole word (red points on the map).

Make a virtual observation of the transit of Venus using our data bases and calculate yourself the distance Earth-Sun (the Astronomical Unit).

A video contest has been organized between amateurs, students, every one interested: three winners have been selected on November 6, 2004 during a meeting which took place in Paris. The awards are travels -for two- to the Mount Paranal in the Chilean Andies where are telescopes among the largest in the world, managed by ESO. The web pages of this meeting are available here.

last update: January 4, 2008
contact: vt2012 (at) imcce.fr

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