The Venus Transit 2004

... Photos by Themes

Venus in the Sky

During the spring months of 2004, Venus was visible in the evening sky as a very bright object, above the western horizon. Many spectacular photos were obtained, some carefully composed with selected foreground objects and providing impressive views.

Most of this time, Venus was located near planets Mars and Saturn in the sky and once a month the Moon also passed by. Some photos therefore also show Venus together with one or more of these objects.

On this page, 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.




Venus in the Evening Sky [1417 x 1063 pix - 800k] Peter Stättmayer Canon A80 April 1, 2004 Herrsching near Munich, Germany	Venus Meets the Moon [1600 x 1200 pix - 397k] Attila Mizser Nikon Coolpix 4300 ISO 400; 1/4 sec; f/2.8 [Seen above the Chain Bridge; Mars is faintly visible to the left of the Moon] April 23, 2004, in the evening Budapest, Hungary


Venus and the Moon above Sydney [978 x 665 pix - 492k] Laszlo Kiss Canon Powershot A70 50 ASA [Above the Sydney Opera House] April 24, 2004, ~8:15 UT Sydney, Australia	Venus and the Monument [600 x 403 pix - 46k] Pencho Markishky Konica VX400 Flektogon f/2.4; f=35; 7 sec [Above the Memorial Complex] 17 October 1999, 03:15 UT Shumen, Bulgaria More images at this site


Venus and the Moon above the Khephren Pyramid [800 x 579 pix - 100 k] Aymen Ibrahim Biblioteca Alexandrina Practica 35 mm camera with Zenith 2.8/37 mm objective Fujicolor 400; 1/2 sec May 14, 2002 Plateau of Giza, Egypt	Créac'h and Venus [1024 x 768 pix - 320k] Laurent Laveder Zuiko 16 mm 1:3.5 objective Sensia 200; 20 sec ["Two Lighthouses in the Night"] February 7, 2004 Ouessant Island, France More images at this site


Venus above S.M. di Leuca [100 x 974 pix - 672k] Domenico Licchelli Canon A80; f/2.8; 1/30 sec More images at this site May 9, 2004 S.M. di Leuca, Italy	Venus and the Moon [732 x 489 pix - 70k] Jean-Marie Maillard More images at this site March 24, 2004 Liège, Belgium


Three Planets and the Obelisk [1000 x 750 pix - 335k] Albert White Irish Astronomical Society Canon G3; f/2; 10 sec; ISO 50 [Venus, Saturn and Mars above the Obelisk on Killaney Hill] Co. Dublin, Ireland	Three Planets and the Moon [750 x 1000 pix - 604k] [1704 x 2272 pix - 794k] [With names - 750 x 1000 pix - 616k] [With names - 1704 x 2272 pix - 815k] Francoise Delplancke Amateur Group for Astronomy Projects at ESO (AGAPE) Canon G2 with zoom April 22, 2004, 20:00 UT Garching, Germany More images at this site


Venus and the Moon [512 x 384 pix - 36k] Ilyan Darganov Nikon Coolpix 995 May 21, 2004 Varna, Bulgaria More images at this site	Venus and the Moon above Varna [700 x 566 pix - 952k] Valerii V. Poshtarov Samsung Digimax 330 May 21, 2004 Varna, Bulgaria


Venus, the Moon and the Telescope [672 x 1017 pix - 350k] Domenico Licchelli Osservatorio del Fiorini Canon A80; f/2.8 1/15 sec May 20, 2004, 18:48 UT Lecce, Italy	Three Planets and the Observatory [1728 x 1296 pix - 117k] Ottó Méhes Queen's Observatory Kodak DX6490 Digicamera; 5x zoom Exposure 16 sec [Venus, Mars and Saturn; the wire indicates the Ecliptic] May 17, 2004, 01:30 UT Kingston, Ontario, Canada


Venus' Crescent [438 x 508 pix - 67k] Michael Zimmermann [AAW Darmstadt] 70mm Televue Pronto refractor Nikon Coolpix digital camera May 25, 2004 Darmstadt, Germany	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 More images at this site


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 More images at this site	Venus and Orion Rising [1544 x 1024 pix - 190k] Aymen Ibrahem Bibliotheca Alexandrina Practica with Zenith 2.8/37mm Fujicolor 400; 10 min [Red Sea Mountains in the foreground] August 16, 2004 Plateau of Om Nofea, Hurghada, Egypt




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