The Venus Transit 2004 ... the Background This page served to
provide information about the Venus Transit to all interested
parties ahead of the event on June 8, 2004, as well as about the
background for the VT-2004 programme. It explained the various
opportunities for active participation. NB! The text below has
been left mostly unchanged and thus reflects the situation
BEFORE the transit event. Information is provided in the
following sections: - The Venus Transit and the VT-2004
programme - Information Sheets - Activities in your region - The
Observing Campaign - Mostly for teachers and their students -
The VT-2004 Forum On June 8, 2004, Venus - the Earth's sister
planet - will pass in Front of the Sun. This event - astronomers
refer to it as a "transit", is extremely rare - the last one
occurred in 1882 - 122 years ago. Easily observable in Europe,
Asia, Africa and Australia, it is likely to attract the
attention of millions of people on these continents and, indeed,
all over the world. The European South