National Node : Musée Nat. dHist. Naturelle Venus – Transit Activities in Luxembourg Beidweiler: AAL Luxembourg: AL / LAML LTAM LTJBM Esch/Alzette: LGE Schifflange
Web-Sites : Musée National dHistoire Naturelle : Commune de Schifflange : Athénée de Luxembourg : Lycée Techn. des Arts et Métiers : Lycée de Garçon : Lycée Techn. Josy Barthel : Astronomes Amateurs du Luxembourg : 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 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 (12GE) Advantages: rather simple construction few specialized and cheap materials easy to be realized by oneself
Venus – Transit The Equipment 1. Optics (12x50) 2. Webcam (Mobotix) 3. Frame 4. Dig. Camera Canon G2 5. Equ. Mounting
Venus – Transit First Test-Picture (Mobotix) Diameter of the Sun: 15 cm Diameter of Venus: 4 mm