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The Venus Transit 2004 European Science & Technology Week 2004 Visit the websites of the VT-2004 organisers

The Venus Transit 2004

... Photos (171-180)

On this and the other pages in the VT-2004 Photo Archive, photos are displayed which are related to Venus, the Sun and/or the Venus Transit. They were obtained in many different places. Some of these photos were elected "VT 2004 Photo of the Day".

All photos on this page may be downloaded and used, provided the photographers (authors) and the VT-2004 programme are indicated as source.


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Sunspots

Sunspots

[640 x 480 pix - 23k]

Jari Juutilainen and Tuomo Sipola
Warkauden Kassiopeia, Taurus Hill Observatory
12-inch Meade LX200GPS
Meade LPI-camera
[Test observation in preparation of Venus Transit]
May 25, 2004
Finland

Sunspots

Sunspots

[588 x 857 pix - 133k]

Dimitrios Kolovos
Celestron-11 SCT f/6.3
ToUCam + IR-filter
May 19, 2004, 15:00 UT
Athens, Greece
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Venus and the Moon

Venus and the Moon

[1028 x 1544 pix - 140k]

Jacky Francoise
Canon 10D with 105mm objective at f/5.6
Exposure: 0.7 sec
May 20, 2004, 16:17 UT
Saint-Paul, Ile de Réunion, France
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Venus' Very Slim Crescent

Venus' Very Slim Crescent

[132 x 161 pix - 5k]

Hans-Göran Lindberg
120-mm refractor f=2000mm
Mintron MS-168EP
MW-1 and dark-green filter
June 1, 2004, 12:01 UT
Kärrbo Observatory
Skultuna, Sweden
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Venus' Crescent

Venus' Crescent

[640 x 480 pix - 203k]

Rijk-Jan Koppejan
[Philippus Lansbergen Observatory] Skywatcher 127mm Mak.-Cas.
Coolpix 4500 ISO 200 ; 1/15 sec
8 frames combined
May 30, 2004, 20:10 UT
Middelburg, The Netherlands
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Venus Occultation (Egress)

Venus Occultation (Egress)

[737 x 533 pix - 223k]

Rijk-Jan Koppejan
[Philippus Lansbergen Observatory] 8 x 50 telescope
Coolpix 4500 ISO 200 ; 1/15 sec
8 frames combined
May 21, 2004
Middelburg, The Netherlands
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Venus' Extremely Thin Crescent

Venus' Extremely Thin Crescent

[428 x 417 pix - 19k]

Rob Johnson
[Liverpool Astronomical Society] 14-inch GOTO reflector with 3X Barlow lens
Red (#25) filter
Philips ToUCam Pro 740K
1-min sequence in "boiling" seeing
Processed with Registax and Photoshop
June 1, 2004, 17:46 UT
Liverpool, UK
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Venus and the Moon above Paranal

Venus and the Moon above Paranal

[1200 x 900 pix - 473k]

[2592 x 1944 pix - 1.8M]

Gerhard Hüdepohl
[ESO Paranal Observatory]
Nikon Coolpix 5400
Exposure: 2 sec
[Seen above the domes of the four 8.2-m VLT telescopes]
May 21, 2004
Paranal, Atacama Desert, Chile
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Venus' Very Slim Crescent

Venus' Very Slim Crescent

[114 x 128 pix - 1k]

Hans-Göran Lindberg
Newton 120/2602mm
Mintron MS-168EP
MW-1 and dark-green filter
June 2, 2004, 13:01 UT
Kärrbo Observatory
Skultuna, Sweden
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Venus' Slim Crescent Getting Longer

Venus' Slim Crescent Getting Longer

[135 x 167 pix - 5k]

Hans-Göran Lindberg
120-mm refractor f=2000mm
Mintron MS-168EP
MW-1 and dark-green filter
[As Venus moves closer to the Sun in the sky, the crescent gets longer - visually, about 190 ° is now illuminated; this effect is caused by sunlight dispersed in the uppermost layers of Venus' dense atmosphere]
June 3, 2004, 07:08 UT
Kärrbo Observatory
Skultuna, Sweden
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