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<< Bibliography and Special Thanks >>

 

The following are a list of sources of information that helped in making the movie, creating the website and in some cases, obtaining pictures. Please click on the links to be taken to external sites, or cut and copy into the address form of your browser to follow the links.

 

We would like to thank Kate McKinney, from the Auckland Stardome Observatory for her invaluable help and contribution to our project.

 

People

 

Kate McKinney: Educational Director at Stardome Observatory, Auckland, New Zealand.

Interview Date: 13 March, 2004

 

Mr. Ron Harris: Head of Science, Pakuranga College

 

Mr. Gordon Lawrence: Supervising Teacher, Head of Media Studies and Journalism, Pakuranga College

 

RESEARCH REFERENCES

 
http://www.transitofvenus.org/faq.htm
http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14768
http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14768/page/2
http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/26610
http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/26610
http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd
http://www.venus-transit.de/TransitMotion/index.htm
http://www.coombs.anu.edu.au/~cookproj/archive/royal_society/green.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/galilei_galileo.shtml
http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/mathphys/astronomy/jamescook2.shtml
http://www.venus-transit.de/1639/horrox.htm
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kepler.html
http://www.chocky.demon.co.uk/oas/venus.html
http://www.dsellers.demon.co.uk/venus/ven_ch8.htm
http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/conference/history.html
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/eclipse99page/trans.htm
http://www.astronomi.no/images/Transit2004-1a.GIF 
http://web.tiscali.it/transiti_venere/simulazione_black_drop.htm 
http://www.database.com/~lemur/dm-galileo.html
http://www.etsu.edu/physics/plntrm/ relat/kepler.gif 
http://www.astronomy.org.nz/aas/MonthlyMeetings/MeetingApr2003.asp 
http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/conference/history.html 
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/wallpaper/art/Solar-system-1024_768.jpg 
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00311
 

PICTURE SITES

 

 

 

 

 

 
http://www.hluhluwe.co.nz/zule.htm
http://asian-links.com/larry/monks.jpg
http://www.mit.edu/people/jakane/photo_album/Thailand/monks.gif
http://www.moscow-guide.ru/culture/folkart/costume/kostiumio.jpg
http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Thailand/PeopleMarkets.jpg
http://www.worldkidmag.com
http://www.solarvenus.com/raw/venus/venus.gif
http://www.jsd.k12.ak.us/ab/el/planets/venus.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/venus/index.shtml
http://star.arm.ac.uk/history/transit.html
http://www.barkendeavour.com.au/
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/venus/venusATM.jpg.htm
http://www.coombs.anu.edu.au/~cookproj/archive/royal_society/green.html
http://spaceguard.ias.rm.cnr/it/NScience/neo/images/radar2.jpg
http://www.timjohnson.3.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/endeavour.jpg
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~terrell/plntfinl.gif
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~hudson/Research/Asteroids/how/tescop.jpg
http://www.julianbaum.co.uk/NAB/Earth/likePlanet.jpg
http://www.lombardmaps.com/cat/mixedbag/josephbanks.jpg
http://www.softleyandpage.com/images/wpc313a.jpg
http://www.yachtsdownunder.com/barkendeavour/endeavour/front2.jpg
http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/people/halley.gif
http://www.venus-transit.de/VenusConjunction/index.html
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday/2004/index_vthome.htm
http://www.venus-transit.de/1882/index.html
http://www.dsellers.demon.co.uk/venus/ven_ch2.htm
http://www.dsellers.demon.co.uk/venus/ven_ch4.htm
http://www.melbourneobservatory.com/19thCentury.htm
http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/history.htm
http://analyzer.depaul.edu/paperplate/Transit%20of%20Venus/transit_frequency.htm
http://www.transit-of-venus.org.uk/conference/history.html
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Frank/Gifs/brit1789.gif
http://new-zealand-net.communitech.net/holiday/eMarketing/NZ_picture_library2/NZMaps/pages/
 
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