Links: Where to Be

Recommended: Transit of Venus Projecthttp://transitofvenus.nl/wp/where-when/local-transit-times/
Excellent site automatically calculates your local circumstances (time of sunrise, time of sunset, times of all four contacts, altitude of the sun, etc.), based on your Internet connection.  You can easily modify your location with a provided Google map.  From Steven van Roode.

http://www.transitofvenus.nl/transit_venus_2012_ingress.jpg
World map of ingress times (contacts 1 & 2).

http://www.transitofvenus.nl/transit_venus_2012_egress.jpg
World map of egress times (contacts 3 & 4).


Map of Sun-Earth Day Event Locatins

http://sunearthday.nasa.gov/2012/about/event_locations.php
Interactive map shows NASA Sun-Earth Day Event Locations, keeping you up to date on what's happening in your neighborhood. Upload your own events here, too.


Logo for TROVE: TRansit of Venus

http://www.transitofvenus.org/trove
TROVE: Celebrating the Riches of the TRansit Of VEnus. The Michiana area near the Michigan-Indiana, USA, border is a hub of activity related to the transit of Venus.  Join us to celebrate the math, science, and art of this celestial phenomenon. 

Exclusive 2012 Transit of Venus Tourhttp://www.transitofvenus.org/component/content/article/81-events/341-tour

Take an exclusive tour of transit of Venus highlights in Indiana, with lectures, art exhibits, historical artifacts on display, webcasts, telescopic sungazing, and a post-transit celebration with Venusian ale at a Michigan microbrewery. 


Global map of 2012 transit of Venus visibilityhttp://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/venus0412.html:
"The global visibility of the 2012 transit is illustrated with the world map... The entire transit (all four contacts) is visible from northwestern North America, Hawaii, the western Pacific, northern Asia, Japan, Korea, eastern China, Philippines, eastern Australia, and New Zealand. The Sun sets while the transit is still in progress from most of North America, the Caribbean, and northwest South America. Similarly, the transit is already in progress at sunrise for observers in central Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and eastern Africa. No portion of the transit will be visible from Portugal or southern Spain, western Africa, and the southeastern 2/3 of South America."  Courtesy of Fred Espenak.

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/venus/city12-1.html
Contact times (Universal Time) and corresponding altitudes of the Sun for 121 international cities.  From Fred Espenak.

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/venus/city12-2.html
Contact times (Universal Time) and corresponding altitudes of the Sun for 60 cities in the USA.  To convert to Daylight Saving Time, subtract 4 hours if you are in Eastern Time Zone; subtract 5 hours in Central Time Zone; subtract 6 hours in Mountain Time Zone; subtract 7 hours in Pacific Time Zone.  From Fred Espenak.


2012 Transit of Venus global visibility map, by Michael Zeiler http://eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/Transits_files/ToV2012map_1.jpg
Global map by Michael Zeiler depicts the zones of visibility for the 2012 transit of Venus. 

Maps with text in dozens of other languages are also available at http://eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/ToV_maps.html, courtesy of Michael Zeiler.


USNO logohttp://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/astronomical-applications/data-services/upcom-transits/?sear
World map of visibility; General description, geocentric data, and list of ingress/egress times for major world cities (PDF).  From US Naval Observatory.


HM Nautical Almanac Office diagram of 2012 transit of Venushttp://www.hmnao.com/nao/transit/V_2012/index.html
Local circumstances of the 2012 transit of Venus for observers in the United Kingdom.  From HM Nautical Almanac Office.

Global map of 2012 transit of Venus by Richard ProctorWorld visibility map of 2012 transit of Venus; from A Popular Account of Past and Coming Transits, by Richard Proctor; 1882.

http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/2010/12/03/2012-transit-of-venus-plans/#from-the-transit-of-venus-project-group
Tolaga Bay – Uawa will host international celebrations for the Transit of Venus in June 2012.

http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/2011/transit-of-venus/
Sydney Observatory will have special programs available on 6 June 2012.