... Drawings of the Transit of Venus by Captain James Cook and Charles Green. ... See also: . Venus Transit Exhibition . Last Revised: 2009 November 23rd .. ...
... with the 8 June 2004 Transit of Venus, the first such transit visible for 121.5 ... Transits of Venus usually occur in pairs separated by 8 years, each transit `season ...
... Measuring the Solar System - the Story of the Transits of Venus . Introduction. ... This is the catalogue for an exhibition at Armagh Observatory to coincide with the transit of Venus on 8 June, 2004. ...
... To mark this yearтАЩs Transit of Venus, the last visible from Earth for more than a hundred years, the Armagh Observatory will be mounting a small exhibition of items relating to the history of the Transits of Venus including items from the Observatory's ...
... Armagh Observatory is presently running a Transit of Venus Exhibition, from 10am 11am and 3pm 4pm during week-days, until Tuesday 12th June where some images of the June 2012 transit are on show. ...
... Transit Instrument by Jones. ... Transit Instrument by Thomas Jones. 1827. 3-inch aperture, 63 inches focal length. ... The transit was supported by piers of Armagh marble, 6' high, 24" by 18" at their ...
... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Though made without the aid of a telescope, his careful observations together with those of others and his physical intuition, lead to a revolution in our understanding of...