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Transit of Venus
When Venus passes in front of the sun.
Go straight to my website
In 2004 and 2012, Venus appeared as a small black dot when the planet passed in front of the Sun. For this rare phenomenon I created original content, compiled links to other credible sources, coordinated significant education and public outreach, wrote papers, created a premiere Transit of Venus website, and generally immersed myself in all things ToV.
The next transit of Venus will occur in December 2117, when our descendants will open a Transit of Venus Time Keg from the 2012 event. My transit of Venus website was at www.transitofvenus.org, with excerpts below.
Aaarghh! All that work! Due to malicious attacks on my Transit of Venus website I had to take it offline. Contact me if you really need some ToV content badly, or grab PDF excerpt below. Feb. 2015
Video
Four-minute trailer summarizes the history and significance of the transit of Venus while preparing for June 5-6, 2012, spectacle. Story traces its value from early expeditions seeking to measure the size of the solar system, to similarities with transits around distant stars being detected by the Kepler spacecraft. Was available in full-dome video for digital theaters. Produced with Patrick McPike.
Summary
For a recap of what happened for the 2012 transit of Venus, please see Prezi at https://prezi.com/3tgyibho9g-w/transit-of-venus-across-the-sun/.
(And give it time to load fully.)
Website Excerpts
The Transit of Venus website and its archive of resources are offline due to malicious attacks. The 2004 and 2012 versions are saved as PDF files, linked below.
Click to view PDF excerpts from the 2004 Transit of Venus website.
2004
 ToV2004-Home-Transit of Venus |
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 ToV2004-What's New |
 Science and Math of Transits |
 The "Black Drop" Effect |
 June 8, 2004 |
 US Naval Observatory, 2 of 2 |
 Historical Observations and Global Expeditions |
 U.S. Naval Observatory Expeditions |
 Transit of Venus (TV) Screen |
 ToV2004-Site Map |
 Thomas Paine and the Transit of Venus |
 Spacecraft and Extra-Solar Planets |
 Sarah's Transit Project |
 ToV2004-Safety |
 Road Trip |
 Quotes from the Transit of Venus |
 Proctor book |
 Observing the 2004 Transit of Venus |
 Notre Dame and 19th Century Transits of Venus |
 Music & The Transit of Venus |
 2006 Transit of Mercury Transit |
 Kid Stuff |
 John Philip Sousa & The Transit of Venus |
 ToV2004-Issues |
 ISS transits |
 INSAP V: Moved by a Rapid Transit |
 2006 Transit of Mercury--Images |
 Illustrated London News (ILN) |
 GLPA 2003 |
 Frequently Asked Questions |
 Education Resources |
 Celebrate the Transit of Venus |
More PDF excerpts (see list below) from the 2012 Transit of Venus website are forthcoming.
2012
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 ToV-2012June13.png |
2012 website pages saved as PDF files:
Black Drop Effect Bistro Coffee.pdf
Can I Use Welding Glass to View the Sun?.pdf
Closure for Transit of Venus.pdf
Crowd Gathers to Witness the 2004 Transit of Venus.pdf
Must-See TV (Transit Venus) Screen.pdf
PHM Transit of Venus Art Contest.pdf
Plan a Community Celebration.pdf
Poster-11-12-18-generic-noJune.pdf
Poster/ Countdown to the Transit of Venus.pdf
Poster/ Transit of Venus Time Keg.pdf
Questions-only_2012-04-26_17-02.pdf
Sermon Suggested by the Transit of Venus.pdf
Sites-only_2012-04-26_17-02.pdf
Six Ways to See the Transit of Venus.pdf
Spanish Version of Sun Funnel/ El Embudo Solar.pdf
Spanish-Sun-Funnel_Embudo-solar-mar_12.pdf
The Arts and the Transit of Venus.pdf
TROVE/ Celebrating the TRansit Of VEnus.pdf
Universe in the Classroom Features Transit of Venus.pdf
US Naval Observatory Expeditions - USNO-Page 2.pdf
US Naval Observatory Expeditions.pdf
Video/ The Transit of Venus.pdf
Viewing Great, Timing Difficult.pdf
Viewing the Transit & Eye Safety.pdf
What causes the Black Drop Effect?.pdf