Venus Transit 08 06 2004 Activities in

Venus – Transit 08. 06. 2004 Activities in Luxembourg Beidweiler: AAL Luxembourg: AL / LAML LTAM LTJBM Esch/Alzette: LGE Schifflange National Node : Musée Nat. d’Hist. Naturelle

Web-Sites : Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle : www. mnhn. lu Commune de Schifflange : www. schifflange. lu Athénée de Luxembourg : www. al. lu Lycée Techn. des Arts et Métiers : www. ltam. lu/physique Lycée de Garçon : www. lge. lu/physique Lycée Techn. Josy Barthel : www. ltjbm. lu/vt-2004. php Astronomes Amateurs du Luxembourg : www. aal. lu Astronomes Amateurs du Luxembourg (AAL) • created in 1971 • ~ 150 members • meetings, lectures, observations • lectures in primary schools • observing and filming the Venus-Transit

Venus – Transit 08. 06. 2004 The Observation at the LTAM (Lycée Technique des Arts et Métiers) Method: projection of the image of the sun through the optics of a binocular recording the picture with a webcam and a digital camera poster + evaluation with students (12 GE) Advantages: rather simple construction few specialized and cheap materials easy to be realized by oneself

Venus – Transit 08. 06. 2004 The Equipment 1. Optics (12 x 50) 3. Frame 4. Dig. Camera Canon G 2 5. Equ. Mounting 2. Webcam (Mobotix)

Venus – Transit 08. 06. 2004 First Test-Picture (Mobotix) Diameter of the Sun: 15 cm Diameter of Venus: 4 mm