Transit Of Venus Special #2: Post-Transit post

 First the pictures, then the links...

 

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120605.html

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120607.html

 

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120608.html

 

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120609.html

The mysterious arc of Venus
"A bright, glowing rim appeared around the edge of Venus soon after it began to move into the sun... For a brief instant, the planet had turned into a "ring of fire."
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-mysterious-arc-venus.html

Venus' transit and the search for other worlds
The Kepler space telescope's photometer can detect an equivalent drop in light intensity to a gnat walking across a car headlight several miles away.
Venus' transit will help astrophysicists calibrate their computations to identify exoplanets, orbiting other stars
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-venus-transit-worlds.html

This mechanism will be tested further by the Cassini spacecraft (orbiting Saturn) on the 21st of December
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428682.100-watching-the-transit-of-venus-from-saturn.html

Factfile on Venus: Name; Orbit; Diameter; Gravity; Topography; Climate; Enigmas; Transit
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-factfile-venus.html

[video] Horizon - The Transit Of Venus (BBC Documentary, with a demography-defying trio of female presenters, shown the night before the transit started)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jszy4/Horizon_20112012_The_Transit_of_Venus/

Venus: the planet of broken dreams
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-venus-planet-broken.html

James Cook and the transit of Venus
On August 12, 1768, Captain Cook left for an island 20 miles across - Tahiti - so that he could record the 1769 transit
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-james-cook-transit-venus.html
Consequent to the transit observations, Cook decided to explore the south Pacific before journeying home. Because of this, he discovered the east coast of Australia
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-venus-transit-historical-significance-australia.html

A colourful guide to the transit by NASA
http://venustransit.nasa.gov/transitofvenus/

Dave's own, amateur shots of Venus transiting the Sun + some better shots through a buff-looking telescope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1KhH2sMV-c

Not much extra content; but lots of nice pictures
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-eyes-skyward-venus-sun.html