Trondheim-2 Norwegian Network showing Venus at the edge! June 8, 2004, 05:40 UT Trondheim (Norway)
June 8, 2004, 07:26 hrs UT Paris (France)
ESo HQ June 8, 2004, 05:39 UT Garching (Germany)
Latest Comment (June 8, 05:32 UT) : The transit has begun in Europe. The shadow is visible on images from ESO HQ and many other sites. It is obvious that there are rather few sunspots at this moment, so images during the next hours in white light will show Venus' black disc on a quite uniform background. The VT-2004 website is now experiencing about 1250 hits per second (60,000 per minute) - 220 Mbits/sec!