
Transit Diagram and Equirectangular Projection Map in PDF Format
The color high-resolution PDF file contains a transit diagram and an equirectangular projection map showing the visibility areas.
The following data are displayed in scale on the diagram:- the position of Mercury or Venus at the external and internal contacts with the solar limb and at maximum transit. For the observer, only the visible contacts are shown from his viewing location
- the ecliptic
- the planet’s direction of motion highlighted by a dotted green line
- various data on the ransit
- the greatest transit point displayed as a yellow dot circled by an orange ring
- the visibility areas delimited by the curves at the contacts in yellow and red, but also at maximum in green
- various data on the transit


Free use of this diagram and map is granted provided the credits are kept in place and not altered.