The Venus Beauty is entering the celestial scene again
Unique cosmic event
Venus Transit Worldwide Project 2004
8. 6. 2004
after the period of 122 years (December 1882)
Europeans and inhabitants of some part of Africa and Asia could see the Venus transit in front of the Sun disc visible to the naked eye.
A small black dot that was slowly passing over the sun disc area!
By means of astronomical refractors and using a method of projection the shadow of the Venus became magnified several times.
Czech Republic -
Transit from 7.19 am until 1.23 pm of Central European Daylight Time
Observation and measurement of the transit time stamps on many places of the Universe.
The obtained results are subject to further processing at the Parisian Institute for celestial mechanics
Global join-action with the view of the astronomical unit specification
Competition! Competition! Competition!
Best WWW Sites
Venus Transit
The British Counsel in Prague brought in an idea of competition for students at secondary schools to create the best www sites concering the Venus Transit.
Best! Best! Best!