The project was aimed at highlighting the unique astronomical event - Venus Transit across the solar disc on 8 June 2004 for public and in media. Many Slovak elementary schools, high schools, public observatories, planetaria, and individual observers took part actively in this project establishing observational network across the Slovakia. The project provided the young people direct experience how are measured distances on cosmic scales. The paneuropean coordinator of the project was the European Southern Observatory (ESO) . The project was supported through EU FP6 program, project No. 508963.
| Details on the project: | ESO central webpage |
| Slovak national webpage | |
| R. West, H.M.J. Boffin (ESO Project Coordinators): | The Messenger, No. 115, March, 2004 |
| Final report for ESO: | PDF document in English |
| Project overview and results: | PowerPoint presentation in Slovak |
| Comprehensive overview and results: | Kozmos 2/2005, p.28-32 (in Slovak) |
| Proposal for award for popularization of science in 2004: | PDF document in Slovak |
| Award received: |
Price of Slovak Academy of Sciences for popularisation of science for 2004 VT2004 team photo |
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I was involved in Venus Transit 2004 as a national project coordinator receiving great support from my colleagues: |
RNDr. Aleš Kučera, CSc. |
| RNDr. Ján Rybák, CSc. | |
| RNDr. Richard Komžík, CSc. | |
| Ing. Jaroslav Ambróz | |
| RNDr. Daniel Novocký, CSc. | |
| RNDr. Vojtech Rušin, DrSc. |
| Stará Lesná | |||
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| kontakt | hh:mm:ss LSEČ | Výška Slnka | |
| Vstup Venše na disk | 1. | 00:04:31 | pod horizontom |
| 2. | 00:22:21 | ||
| Východ Slnka | 04:42:00 | 0° | |
| Výstup Venše z disku | 3. | 06:39:27 | 17° |
| 4. | 06:55:04 | 20° | |
| Sources: | www.transitofvenus.org |
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| www.transitofvenus.nl | |
| www.transitofvenus.nl/details.html |
