WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE? Nobody living today has seen a transit of Venus. Still we can imagine how it will look. More.
	PHENOMENA TO WATCH DURING THE TRANSIT Short descriptions of some phenomena that can be expected to take place during the transit of Venus. More.
	WHAT DO THE CONTACT POINTS MEAN? What do the "contacts" mean? First - fourth contacts are explained here. What does it mean?
	MODERN MEASUREMENTS OF THE DISTANCE TO VENUS Today we know the distances to Venus and the Sun with great precision. The breakthrough came in 1961. For the first time one succeeded in measuring the distance directly with radar signals sent from the Earth. More
	SEARCH FOR PLANETS (In Norwegian) (12.11.02) The first planet around another star was detected in 1995. Since then more than 110 exoplanets have been found. With a new method amateur astronomers can detect more planets - even planets that can support life. The method is based on the phenomenon taking place with Venus on June 8, 2004. More, but in Norwegian.
	RESEARCH THAT WILL BE DONE DURING THE TRANSIT The transit of Venus on June 8, 2004 will be exploited by researches to do tests that otherwise are impossible. In addition to studies that can help us find life on exoplanets (explained above), the Sun itself will be examined. More.
	OTHER PHENOMENA Just before the historic transit of Venus a couple phenomena take place. On May 21 the Moon occults Venus and on the morning of May 19m we almost get a solar eclipse. More.