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The Venus Transit 2004

... Photos by Themes

Intervening Objects

Some observers of the Venus Transit saw other objects passing in front of the Sun, notably the International Space Station (ISS), airplanes and birds.

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.


International Space Station (ISS)

ISS passing in front of the Sun

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 site.

Venus Transit and ISS

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.]

Venus and ISS Transit

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

Airplanes

Venus and the Passing Airplane

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

Venus Transit and the Airplane

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

Transiting Venus and the Airplane (1)

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.]

Transiting Venus and the Airplane (2)

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.]

Transiting Venus and the Airplane (3)

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.]

Transiting Venus and the Airplane (4)

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.]

Birds

Venus Transit and the Bird

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

Venus Transit and the Bird

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

Venus and Bird Transit the Sun

Venus and Bird Transit the Sun

[568 x 513 - 35k]

Tomas Kozak
June 8, 2004
Prague, Czech Republic

Venus and Bird Transiting the Sun

Venus and Bird Transiting the Sun

[768 x 576 - 35k]

Marek Marcinkowski
June 8, 2004
Pokowice, Poland

Venus and the Bird (1)

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

Venus and the Bird (2)

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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