On this and the other pages, some of these photos are displayed. An
overview of the VT-2004 Photo Archive is
available and a number of these photos have been 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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     International Space Station
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       ISS passing in front of the Sun 
       [Animated GIF
       - 640 x 480 pix - 584k]
  
       John Locker 
       8-inch LX90 + TouCam + solar filter 
       June 7, 2004, 14:22 UT 
       UK 
       More information at this 
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       Venus Transit and ISS 
       [640 x 480 pix 
       - 42k]
  
       Tomas Maruska 
       Rubinar 5.6/500 with Baader AstroSolar filter 
       WebCam Philips ToUCam Pro 740 
       1/10 000 sec at frame rate 30 im/sec 
       [Composite of 12 frames] 
       June 8, 2004, 10:09:18 UT 
       Stupava, Slovakia
  
       [More information about this unique photo is available at this webpage by the author (with a video) and the 
sheet with predictions
issued before the event. 
See also the video available at the VT-2004 website.] 
        
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       Venus and ISS Transit 
       [680 x 557 pix 
       - 67k]
  
       Thomas Strehl 
	300mm F4.5 Tele with 2x and Mintron VideoCCD Camera. 
       10 frames at 25 frames/sec. 
       [Composite of the 10 frames showing the ISS. See also the video available at the VT-2004 website.] 
       June 8, 2004 
       Germany 
        
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     Airplanes
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       Venus and the Passing Airplane 
       [Animated GIF -
       640 x 480 pix - 2.6M] [Single frame - 640 x 480 pix 
       - 128k]
  
       Yannick Le Garrec 
        255mm Newtonian telescope 
       [An Airbus 320 (Paris-Madrid) passes exactly in front of Venus'
       disk near the moment of the second contact] 
       June 8, 2004, 05:35:55 UT 
       Cerny, France 
       More images at this site 
        
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       Venus Transit and the Airplane 
       [416 x 336 pix 
       - 16k]
  
       Carlos J. Royo and Sebastià Torrell 
       70-mm Refractor f=500mm 
       ToUcam Pro II 
       Raw image - one frame 
       June 8, 2004 
       Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain 
        
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       Transiting Venus and the Airplane (1) 
       [720 x 571  
       pix - 165k]
  
       Vaclav Priban 
       Dablice Observatory 
       Telescope finder 
       MTV-73K11 TV-camera 
       June 8, 2004 
       Dablice, Prague, Czech Republic 
       [More information at this 
       site.] 
        
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       Transiting Venus and the Airplane (2) 
       [720 x 569  
       pix - 164k]
  
       Vaclav Priban 
       Dablice Observatory 
       Telescope finder 
       MTV-73K11 TV-camera 
       June 8, 2004 
       Dablice, Prague, Czech Republic 
       [More information at this 
       site.] 
        
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       Transiting Venus and the Airplane (3) 
       [720 x 570  
       pix - 163k]
  
       Vaclav Priban 
       Dablice Observatory 
       Telescope finder 
       MTV-73K11 TV-camera 
       June 8, 2004 
       Dablice, Prague, Czech Republic 
       [More information at this 
       site.] 
        
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       Transiting Venus and the Airplane (4) 
       [720 x 569  
       pix - 161k]
  
       Vaclav Priban 
       Dablice Observatory 
       Telescope finder 
       MTV-73K11 TV-camera 
       June 8, 2004 
       Dablice, Prague, Czech Republic 
       [More information at this 
       site.] 
        
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     Birds
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       Venus Transit and the Bird 
       [320 x 240 pix 
       - 3k]
  
       Rafael Navarro and Ismael Cid 
       ALCATEL ESPACIO premises 
       Meade ETX-70 refractor with Astrosolar filter 
       Meade electronic eyepiece 
       15 fps video 
       [Composite of four consecutive frames] 
       June 8, 2004 
       Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain 
        
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       Venus Transit and the Bird 
       [768 x 576 pix 
       - 54k]
  
       Octavian Stanescu 
       Astroclub ALTAIR 
       Selfmade 100mm equatorial telescope; f=800mm 
       Photo-video camera 
       June 8, 2004, 11:03:01 UT 
       Timisoara, Romania 
        
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Venus and Bird Transit the Sun 
[568 x 513 - 35k]
  
Tomas Kozak 
June 8, 2004 
Prague, Czech Republic 
 
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Venus and Bird Transiting the Sun 
[768 x 576 - 35k]
  
Marek Marcinkowski 
June 8, 2004 
Pokowice, Poland 
 
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       Venus and the Bird (1) 
       [800 x 640  pix 
       - 168k]
  
       VT-2004 Team 
       Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers 
       Observatory Rimavska Subota 
       4/300mm teleobjective with AstroSolar filter 
       CCD camera SHT 
       June 8, 2004, 07:50:08 UT 
       Rimavska Subota, Slovakia 
       More images at this 
       site 
        
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       Venus and the Bird (2) 
       [800 x 640  pix 
       - 168k]
  
       VT-2004 Team 
       Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers 
       Observatory Rimavska Subota 
       4/300mm teleobjective  with AstroSolar filter 
       CCD camera SHT 
       June 8, 2004, 05:31:55 UT 
       Rimavska Subota, Slovakia 
       More images at this 
       site 
        
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