Transit o' Venus stuff in NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/science/space/18VENU.html and http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/science/space/18VIEW.html and http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/science/space/18BUMM.html apols for clogging if others have outpointed these... etb