Silistra

Place of observation
In Silistra, nine places (school yards) were chosen for public observations and determination of the contacts.

Duration of the observation
According to data from the individual forms, the average time for the beginning of the observations was 4:45 UT, and the end was at 11:30 UT.

Weather 
In the beginning of the observations the sky was clear and it was sunny, with mild western wind. After 10:00 UT broken clouds developed and the wind became stronger, north-western. Alternation of the temperature is registered from 24 to 29°C.

Number of the teams and members
Specially for observation the Transit, 15 teams, which included 93 students and 30 leaders were trained how to work with a telescope and about the safe methods of observation the Sun. At a work meeting of the physics teachers from the Silistra Region, carried out in the Observaitory and organized by IO of the Ministry of Education, together with the Union of the Physicists in Bulgaria-branch Silistra, they were acquainted with the methods of observation and registration of the contacts. All secondary and high scholl students witnessed the Venus transit.   По предварително установен график всички ученици от прогимназиален и гимназиален етап видяха преминаването на Венера. Interest was showed from citizens, state and municipal workers who visited the observational places.

Number of observational instruments - 12 telescopes, 3 cameras and 2 binoculars.

Observers who registered the contacts were 64

Coverage of the event in the media
School newspapers and wallpapers at some places described the history and the importance of the transit. A month and a half before the transit in five consecutive articles the citizens were informed about the fortcoming event. In three local radio stations it was reminded how to safely observe the transit, what can be seen and from where one can get additional information.
On the day of the event journalists from local newspapers, cable television as well as from the national televisions Kanal 1 and bTV made articles.

Observation report (Doc)

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