our last Transit of Venus

our last Transit of Venus (trailer)

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Our last Transit of Venus is a film project about the Transit of Venus 2012, supported by the European Planetology Network (Europlanet, http://www.europlanet-eu.org). Please visit www.vimeo.com/channels/ourlasttransitofvenus for other related videos. A Transit of Venus is when planet Venus passes in front of the Sun as seen from the Earth. This happens at intervals of 121.5, 8, 105.5, 8, 121.5, 8, etc. years. Transits of Venus were observed…

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    our last Transit of Venus (trailer)

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    Our last Transit of Venus is a film project about the Transit of Venus 2012, supported by the European Planetology Network (Europlanet, http://www.europlanet-eu.org). Please visit www.vimeo.com/channels/ourlasttransitofvenus for other related videos. A Transit of Venus is when planet Venus passes in front of the Sun as seen from the Earth. This happens at intervals of 121.5, 8, 105.5, 8, 121.5, 8, etc. years. Transits of Venus were observed…

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    our last ToV, episode 1: The Venus Twilight Experiment

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    Our last Transit of Venus is a film project about the Transit of Venus of 5/6 of June 2012. It will be the last of our century. In Episode 1 (of a series of short films that will cover this unique event) Thomas Widemann, planetary scientist at the Paris Observatory, explains the Venus Twilight Experiment. This film project is supported by the European Planetology Network (Europlanet, http://www.europlanet-eu.org). Please visit http://www.vimeo.com/channels/ourlasttransitofvenus…

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    our last ToV, episode 2: Preparing for the Venus Twilight Experiment

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    Our last Transit of Venus is a film project about the Transit of Venus of 5/6 of June 2012. It will be the last of our century. In Episode 2 (of a series of short films that will cover this unique event) you will meet some of the scientists involved in the Venus Twilight Experiment and making preparations for it. This film project is supported by the European Planetology Network (Europlanet, http://www.europlanet-eu.org). Please visit http://www.vimeo.com/channels/ourlasttransitofvenus…

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    Sun Earth Day 2012: the Transit of Venus

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    In this talk Dr. Louis Mayo, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in the USA, presents some results of the public education activities around the Transit of Venus in 2004 in the context of the Sun Earth Day 2004, as well as the perspective for the upcoming Transit of Venus in June 2012. The talk was given during the Outreach, Education, Policy and Amateur Astronomy session at the Joint Meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress & Division…

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    A VT-2012 project for the observation of the next Transit of Venus on June 2012

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    In this talk Dr. Jean-Eudes Arlot, of the IMCCE / Paris Observatory in France, presents some results of the public educational activities around the Transit of Venus in 2004, as well as the perspective for the upcoming Transit of Venus in June 2012. The talk was given during the Outreach, Education, Policy and Amateur Astronomy session at the Joint Meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress & Division for Planetary Sciences of the American…

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    Transits of Venus in public education and contemporary research

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    In this talk Prof. Jay M. Pasachoff of the Williams College - Hopkins Observatory in the USA presents some results of the public education activities around the Transit of Venus in 2004, the scientific research he and his colleagues have performed at the same occasion, as well as the perspective for the upcoming Transit of Venus in June 2012. The talk was given during the Outreach, Education, Policy and Amateur Astronomy session at the Joint Meeting…

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    The aureole of Venus: light refraction in the mesosphere during the solar transit of June 6, 2004

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    In this talk Dr. Paolo Tanga of the Observatory of the Côte d'Azur in France, presents results of the analysis of data taken during the Transit of Venus in 2004, concerning the atmosphere of Venus. The talk was given during the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets session at the Joint Meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress & Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society (http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011),…

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    Back to the Future - part 1: Demonstratio

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    This is the first of a series of short videos made by students from the Széchenyi István Secondary School in Sopron, Hungary. It is part of the project "Back to the Future - Observing the Transit of Venus now and then", co-funded by the European Planetology Network (http://www.europlanet-eu.org). The project is based on the 1769 expedition of hungarians János Sajnovics and Miksa Hell to observe the Transit of Venus in Vardo, Finland. Please visit…

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our last Transit of Venus

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In 2012 the last Transit of Venus visible to people of our time will occur. This is a film project about the event, supported by the European Planetology Network (europlanet-eu.org/).

On this channel you can find related videos: a trailer, short videos that cover the event (we will follow scientists that participate in the Venus Twilight Experiment, see venustex.oca.eu/foswiki) and presentations by leading

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In 2012 the last Transit of Venus visible to people of our time will occur. This is a film project about the event, supported by the European Planetology Network (europlanet-eu.org/).

On this channel you can find related videos: a trailer, short videos that cover the event (we will follow scientists that participate in the Venus Twilight Experiment, see venustex.oca.eu/foswiki) and presentations by leading scientists and outreach people from Europe and the US.

You will also find videos made by students from the Széchenyi István Secondary School (Sopron, Hungary) in the context of the "Back to the Future - Observing the Transit of Venus now and then" project, also co-funded by the European Planetology Network. It is based on the 1769 Transit of Venus expedition of hungarians János Sajnovics and Miksa Hell. See more on facebook.com/pages/Joannis-Sajnovics/364040453628712?ref=ts and facebook.com/TransitersOfVenus.

More information on the Transit of Venus 2012 and links to many other websites can be found on transitofvenus.nl

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