Directory of Eclipses, Occultations and Transits Resources

Eclipses, occultations and transits are situations where one astronomical body partly or entirely obscures another one.

Resources in This Category

Lecture 26: How Far the Sun?

http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Unit4/venussun.html
From an introductory astronomy course, describes expeditions which observed the 18th century transits.
No. 1303: Transit of Venus

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1303.htm
Transcript of a radio show describing 18th century expeditions. Link to the audio.
The 1882 Transit of Venus: Observations from Wellington, South Africa

http://www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/tov1882/tovwell.html
Describes the development of a higher education facility for women in South Africa and the events that led to the American scientific expedition to be able to view the astronomical phenomena. Page includes background of key participants, as well as photos of the original telescope and observatory.
The American Transit of Venus Expeditions of 1882

http://aas.org/archives/BAAS/v27n4/aas187/S035002.html
Abstract of an oral presentation at the 1996 AAS meeting.
Transits of Venus

http://www.venus-transit.de/
Transits in the past and on June 8, 2004.

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