Major international cooperation

by Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard

The transit of Venus on June 8, 2004 is a major international event - probably the most important celestial event in modern times! Several international organisations have organised cooperations. Everyone in all involved nations shall be given the opportunity to experience this unique phenomenon. They will learn its importance for science and society and how it may contribute to contemporary science.

Norway is participating in several international campaigns related to the transit:

The Venus Transit 2004: Organised by ESO (European Southern Observatory). More than 50 nations from Australia to the east to USA to the west participate. Address of the cooperation:
www.vt-2004.org
Each participating country has a Venus transit web site and a national node organising activities in that country. The Norwegian node and organiser is astronomer Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard at The Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo.(Contact information )


	Images and information from the recent VT-2004 amateur meeting in Czechia: Press release from ESO. Photos from the meeting. Photos taken by Carsten Arnholm, Norway. Sociedad Malagueña de Astronomía. Official photos. Finnish photos. Photos by Albert White . Gallery of Krzysztof Szatkowski. Photos from ESO.

	Venus2004.org Venus2004.org.

	Catania Astrophysical Observatory More about the observatory.

	European Southern Observatory More about ESO.

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