Join ESA on the Venus observation campaign


 
The Venus Express spacecraft
 
 
17 March 2006
 
If you are an advanced amateur astronomer and want to contribute to the Venus Express mission, prepare your telescope and look at the sky for the Morning Star.
 
Your images and data taken from the ground will complement the spacecraft's observations from Venusian orbit.

The Venus Amateur Observing Project (VAOP) is aimed at obtaining high-quality images of Venus before, during and after the Venus Express operations, which started in May 2006.

The ground observations campaign includes obtaining routine images of Venus during each appearance and co-ordinated observations during specific moments of the mission to provide simultaneous or data complementary to the spacecraft observations.
 
 
 For more information:
  
You can see more at ESA's VAOP page on the Science & Technology web site.
 
 
 •  Looking at Venus (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/index.html)
 •  ESApod: Venus Express (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMHXANFGLE_0.html)

Related articles

 •  And now… straight to Venus! (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMIMWMVGJE_0.html)
 •  Successful Venus Express main engine test (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMVX5MVGJE_index_0.html)
 •  First light for the Venus Monitoring Camera (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMLWVULWFE_0.html)
 •  Earth-Moon observations from Venus Express (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMOIGULWFE_0.html)
 •  Venus Express performs flawlessly, LEOP complete (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMK9UJBWFE_0.html)
 •  Venus Express mission operations update (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEM780738FE_0.html)
 •  Venus Express en route to probe the planet's hidden mysteries (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEM56Q638FE_0.html)

More about...

 •  Status reports (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=31575 &farchive_objecttypeid=30 &farchive_objectid=30930)
 •  Venus Express factsheet (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEM2EE1A6BD_0.html)

Related links

 •  Venus ground-based image active archive (http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=VENUS)
 •  The Venus Amateur Observing Project (http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=38833)
 •  Venus Express operations (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM7QMQJNVE_0.html)
 •  Cebreros station webcam (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM26DSMTWE_0.html)