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Non-EnglishTransit of Venus Links |
Please send non-English transit of Venus links with a site description to bueter@transitofvenus.org. Thank you for your support.
http://www.vt-2004.org
The European Southern Observatory is leading an extensive program that is
loaded with information, and its website is continuously growing. This is
a thorough website for transit of Venus observers, educators, and
enthusiasts.
http://www.venustransit.at/
"The official Austrian node for the transit event with history, tips,
science, and links. It is recommended and supported by the Austrian Society for
Astronomy and Astrophysics www.oegaa.at."
Submitted by A. Univ. Prof. Dr. Franz Kerschbaum.
www.venusovergang.be
and www.venusovergang2004.be
Transit of Venus websites for the Dutch speaking communities of Belgium
(Flanders) and the Netherlands.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pgj/transit%20080604.htm
PGJ - Astronomie : Passage de Venus devant le Soleil le 08 Juin 2004 (in
French).
http://home.hetnet.nl/~smvanroode/venustransit/parallax2.html
Compute the mean equatorial solar parallax online from your own and others'
observations of the 2004 transit of Venus; from Steven van Roode; (Dutch
version).
http://home.hetnet.nl/~smvanroode/venustransit/waarnemen3.html
Compute the times when Venus contacts the edge of the sun for the 2004
transit of Venus; local circumstances are shown for any given latitude and
longitude; from Steven van Roode; (Dutch version).
http://www.sonnenborgh.nl/
Exhibit at Museum Sterrenwacht Sonnenborgh features photos and instruments from
the 19th century transit expeditions from the Netherlands.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/club.astronomie.jura/transit%20Venus.htm
French site suggested by Jean-Louis Trudel.
flyer.htm
New page shows contents of flyer that
accompanies Eclipse Shades
sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. The text is
translated into Arabic and Farsi,
while maps and tables suggest the zones of visibility and global viewing
times.
http://www.lepublieur.com/default.asp?src=/web/product.asp&id_pro=12846&nl2=627565746572407472616e7369746f6676656e75732e6f7267
Voyage à Rodrigue, l'ouvrage d'Alexandre-Gui Pingré qui parait dans la Bibliothèque
Universitaire & Francophone, Le Publieur (en collaboration avec SEDES).
Édition établie par le professeur Jean-Michel Racault de l'université de La Réunion.
378 p., 25 ?, ISBN 2-84784-122-9
Observe, record, and have live webcast from Cairo, Egypt (in Spanish); site
submitted by Antonio Sanchez.
http://astrosurf.com/ceu/venus2004.html
"Dates of transits, contact times on Portuguese cities, the traject of
Venus on the sun, safe rules about optic materials, and links to Portuguese
webpages and international webpage;" (in Portugese); site submitted by
Jorge Almeida.
http://www.venus-giessen.de/venus.htm
"Science weekend in Giessen, Germany;" site submitted by Harald
Schätzlein.
http://www.ca2000pt.com/noticias/venus04/venus04.htm
Portuguese Astronomical Club CA2000 maintain online, since December 2003, a
dedicated page to June 8, Venus transit. We are also linked to the ESO
observation program; site submitted by Mário Ramos.
http://www.venusvoordezon.nl/index.htm
Live webcast of the Venus transit and acts as a node for online calculation of
the Sun-Earth distance.