by R. Peter Broughton and R.A. Rosenfeld

INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

JRASC Articles Connected to the Transit of Venus

The RASC has maintained an active interest in the transits of Venus (ToV) since the founding of our Journal. This resource lists all of the JRASC papers which touch on the ToV in a significant way. Here you can trace the Society's changing response to the ToV over time, and sample the diverse approaches of authors to the science of the phenomenon and its human actors.

Transit of Venus 2012: Eye Safety

B. Ralph Chou, M.Sc., OD
Associate Professor, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo

Watching the profile of Venus as it passes across the Sun during a transit is a wonderful demonstration of the way the solar system works. Over the course of several hours, Venus traces a path across the disk of the Sun, then leaves, in what can be thought of as an extreme example of an annular eclipse of the Sun.

Transit of Venus 2012 - Weather Prospects by Jay Anderson

Transit of Venus 2012 - Local Circumstances and Observing by Fred Espenak

On the Transit of Venus:

Transit of Venus 2012: General Orientation by Roy Bishop

This gallery is from the Inaugural RASC Astroketchers' Contest.

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Edited by Ruth Northcott