Transit of Venus Image Blast

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Used with permission. short (13s) long (4:01) J.G. Brown N.A. 1883 Harper's Weekly April 28, 1883 Tim Wetherell Sousa James Cook USNO Irvin Stanley Spacecraft Venus “Venus Transit” #1 Most Popular Event June 2004 Source: http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist/zeitgeist-jun04.html http://cdn.transitofvenus.org/docs/Build_a_Sun_Funnel.pdf http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/ www.youtube.com/user/transitvenus www.facebook.com/groups/108400462513165/ Safety Project CLEA TROVE http://www.transitofvenus.nl http://sunearthday.nasa.gov www.facebook.com/?sk=2361831622 Illusion All Aboard theTransit of Venus Cleveland Astronomical Society March 1, 2012 "The fateful moment was now approaching. Enthusiasm, in some cases rising to frenzy, was manifested by the crowd surrounding the telescope...[Venus] never once seemed to lose her self-possession, in spite of the numberless telescopes levelled at her. " -1882 “If Venus only comes to time, (And prophets say she must and shall,) To-day will hear the tinkling chime Of many a ringing silver dime, For him whose optic glass supplies The crowd with astronomic eyes,— The Galileo of the Mall.” The Flâneur Boston Common, December 6, 1882, During the Transit of Venus By Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. J.G. Brown N.A. 1883 Harper's Weekly April 28, 1883 Transits of Venus: A Celestial Rarity for Astronomers and the Public Chuck Bueter bueter@nightwise.org Calumet Astronomical Society Feb 13, 2012 “Photoheliograph” from Shadows of the Sun by Harry Crosby (1927) Arts Stereo Views Stamps Pattern Distance to Sun Where To Be Outreach & Activities Links Build a Sun Funnel 2004 Video Intro http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/transitofvenus.cfm Available for free download in high-resolution for planetariums and digital theaters: Free Phone App http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/getting-involved/phone-app/ http://www.transitofvenus.org http://www.transitofvenus.org/education/teacher-resources http://www.transitofvenus.org/trove http://cdn.transitofvenus.org/docs/Planetarian-March2012.pdf http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2011/10/22/hopes-and-plans-on-the-rise/ http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2011/11/09/the-2004-coverage-in-st/ Is there an equivalent to the "moon Illusion" during a transit of Venus? Warning: Do not look at the sun without proper eye protection. Eye injury or blindness may result. Before June 5 May 20 solar eclipse http://www.transitofvenus.org/education/80-trove/329-2012eclipse Project CLEA Stained Glass Windows 2125 St. Michael's Church Hoole, England Party! http://www.transitofvenus.org/trove What if it's cloudy? View It Safely USNO Asst. Photographer to Kerguelen Island and Patagonia; resident of Indiana Telescopes set up for safe public observing throughout the region on June 5 Transit of Venus in Pastel at Harris Branch Library, Granger, IN, May 1-June 9 TROVE Art Exhibit at the Livery in Benton Harbor, MI, May 6-June 30 PHM Transit of Venus Art Contest at Penn High School, Mishawaka, IN, May 3-June 30 3D art to be exhibited at select branches of Mutual Bank ToV beer poster contest at The Livery microbrewery Historical artifacts on display at Harris Branch Library, from the US Naval Observatory and private collections Performance of John Philip Sousa's Transit of Venus March on March 8 by Penn Symphonic Winds Digital theater programs Transit of Venus full-dome video Thursday lecture series at PHM Digital Video Theater, Mishawaka, IN You Can Learn a Lot From a Dot by Steven Williams of NASA, May 17 Experience the Transit of Venus by Chuck Bueter of Transitofvenus.org, May 24 Life in the Universe: From Viking to Kepler by Phil Sakimoto of Notre Dame, May 31 Telescope workshops to build safe solar viewing devices and to prepare telescopes with solar filters Exclusive Transit of Venus Bus Tour Hand-crafted Venusian beer from the Livery microbrewery Black Drop Effect Coffee from Victorian Pantry Big Day Bus Tour! Tour all the regional highlights on a bus tour with expert commentary on June 5. (Space limited.) Lesson plans and classroom activities for all ages Participation in re-creation of international science experiment through Transit of Venus Phone App Commemoration of local observations of the 1882 transit of Venus Live broadcasts of transit of Venus from across the globe with others immersed in the transit of Venus, including Local liaison Chuck Rupley from Hawaii NASA's Sun-Earth Day webcast from Hawaii on June 5 Telescope observing of the partial solar eclipse at sunset over Lake Michigan on May 20 Treasure TROVE Hunt for families, April 28 http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2012/about/event_locations.php Map courtesy of Steven van Roode Events