The Transit of Venus on June 8, 2004

The Transit of Venus is a rare and exciting astronomical event. The previous Transit had occured 122 years ago. This year, it will took place on June 8th and the Observatory organized a number of events in the period of June 4th to 8th. Further details can be found below:

• Transit of Venus 2004. Events (in Greek)
• Transit of Venus 2004. Events (in English)
• The solar chromosphere from the Observatory's Ha Lyot filter.
  Watch a recording of the Live broadcast.
• Picture 1 of the event at the Observatory.
• Picture 2of the event at the Observatory.