The Venus Transit 2004

Composite Photos (Stills)

Venus Transit - The Path

[800 x 650 pix - 84k]

Tuncay Ozisik
Tübitak National Observatory
12-inch Meade LX200 f/10
Throusand Optical Solar Filter
Astrovid StellaCam EX Video CCD
Sony GVD800E Digital Recorder
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June 8, 2004
Antalya, Turkey

Venus Transits the Solar Disc

[1200 x 919 pix - 238k]

Andjelko Gilvar
102mm/f5 Celestron Refractor
2x Viviatar teleconverter
Canon ESO 300D digital SLR Each image exposed 1/60 sec at 400 ASA
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June 8, 2004
Donja Stubica, Croatia

Venus Traverses the Solar Disc

[640 x 480 pix - 58k]

Mauritz Geyser
With timings
[12 image composite, rough 30 min apart]
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June 8, 2004
Pretoria, South Africa

Venus' Path Across the Solar Disc

[1024 x 1024 pix - 777k]

Giovanni Paglioli
Centro Astronomico Neil Armstrong (Salerno)
Borg 125mm APO refractor with Astrosolar filter
Nikon digital camera
June 8, 2004
Toppo di Castelgrande, Italy

All of the Transit

[2164 x 2400 pix - 302k]

Dennis van Schelven
Tal2M 6-inch 1200mm Newtonian reflector
Baader Astrofoil filter
Sony DSC-P52 (eyepiece projection)
June 8, 2004, 5:27 - 11:23 UT
Spijkenisse, The Netherlands

All of the Transit

[590 x 502 pix - 40k]

Vito Lecci
60mm refractor f/11.6
ToUcam Pro II
Exposure 1/250 sec
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June 8, 2004, 05:30 - 11:13 UT
Salve (LE), Italy

Path of Venus

[510 x 740 pix - 70k]

Salvatore Pluchino, Carmelo Calabrese, Jose Falla, Denis Mallia
Each image is a Median of 15 frames (about 1 minute time).
Interval between images: about 27 minutes
CCD Camera SX Xpress, 12 bit.; El.Shutter speed: 0.01 sec.
MTO500 F:500 mm, @f/25 ; Mylar filter.
June 8, 2004
OAIN Observatory - Scicli (RG), Italy

Venus' Path across the Sun

[1280 x 1024 pix - 33k]

VT-2004 Team
Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers
Observatory Rimavska Subota
4/300mm teleobjective with AstroSolar filter
CCD camera SHT
June 8, 2004, 05:40 - 11:00 UT
Rimavska Subota, Slovakia
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Venus Transit Composite

[960 x 960 - 124k]

Zoltan Deak
Celestron C5 with Baader AstroSolar D=5
Canon PowerShot A60
June 8, 2004
Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest Astroclub

All of the Venus Transit

[1400 x 1064 pix - 100k]

Elio Daniele
Gruppo Astrofili O.R.S.A.
Apochrom. refractor Tele Vue NP101
550mm - f/5.4 with AstroSolar filter
Nicon D100 Camera
[Composite photo]
June 8, 2004
Palermo, Italy

All of the Venus Transit

[540 x 400 pix - 29k]

Gerald Dietze
Celestron C8 reflector
Primary focus (2000 mm)
Mylar filter
[Composite of photos taken at UT 05:30:49, 05:43:33, 06:29:07, 07:19:52, 08:27:59, 09:21:00, 10:15:00, 10:52:04, 11:07:54, 11:33:00]
June 8, 2004
Korntal, Germany
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Animations and Videos

All of the Venus Transit

[Animated GIF- 540 x 400 pix - 1.0M]

Gerald Dietze
Celestron C8 reflector
Primary focus (2000 mm)
Mylar filter
[Composite of photos taken at UT 05:30:49, 05:43:33, 06:29:07, 07:19:52, 08:27:59, 09:21:00, 10:15:00, 10:52:04, 11:07:54]
June 8, 2004
Korntal, Germany
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Venus Transit

[Animated GIF - 256 x 252 - 117k]

Grupo d'Astronomia de l'IES Alcarràs
June 8, 2004
Alcarràs, Lleida, Spain

Venus Transit - Complete

[Quick Time - 360 x 288 pix - 2:50 min - 45.8M]

G. Avila, F. Delplancke, C. Guirao, J. Rodriguez
Amateur Group for Astronomy Projects at ESO (AGAPE)
CGE-14-inch Celestron
Canon EOS 10D
1 exposure each 8 sec
1 sec video corresponds to 100 sec real time
This video is the combination of the four sequences presented here, in slightly lower quality in order to limit the file size
June 8, 2004
Garching, Germany
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Venus Path on the Sun

[Quick Time - 500 x 375 pix - 0:17 min - 3.9M]

Thomas Strehl
June 8, 2004
Germany
[300mm F4.5 Tele with 2x and Mintron VideoCCD Camera. 72 avi's of 4 sec at 25 frames/sec at 5min clocking]

Venus Moves Across the Sun

[WMV - 640 x 480 pix - 0:28 min - 795k]

Leif Møller et al.
June 8, 2004
Sønderborg, Denmark

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