Transits
Links
Orpington Astronomical Society - Transit of Venus 2004
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/venus.html
Description of the event, explanation of timing, illustrations including "black drop effect".
Transits of Mercury and Venus
http://www.rasnz.org.nz/Transits.htm
Brief description of the upcoming transits, with information about visibility in Australia and New Zealand.
Telescopes Aim at Mercury
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2994347.stm
BBC News article anticipating the 2003 transit.
Transit of Mercury Live images
http://home.freeuk.com/dgstrange/transit.mercury.2003/
Webcam announcement from Worth Hill Observatory in the UK.
Transit of Venus
Safety, viewing techniques, FAQ, and historic expeditions pertaining to this June 8, 2004 event.
Venus Transit 2004
Describes the VT-2004 project that is related to this celestial event and which aims at transforming curiosity into knowledge and interest in science through a broad set of actions. It has been launched by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE), together with the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides (IMCCE) and the Observatoire de Paris in France, as well as the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.