Derby and District Astronomical Society
The Transit of Venus
8th June 2004
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The following image was taken by Mike Lancaster at 11:02 UTC on the 8th June 2004 from the Ocean Club Hotel in Sharm el Sheikh, at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula in Egypt. He used a Meade ETX-90 with a BCF white light solar filter, and a hand-held Olympus Camedia C-4000 zoom camera using eyepiece projection from a Meade 40 mm super Plossl. For the whole sequence of Mike's transit pictures click here. |
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The following three images were taken by Adrian Brown from Derby using a 3-inch Broadhurst and Clarkson refractor and a hand held digital camera. 10:01 UTC |
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10:45 UTC
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11:00 UTC
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The following image was taken by Chris Newsome at 10:07 UTC from Derby using a Celestron C6-Newtonian fitted with a solar filter and a Kodak DC-240 digital camera hand held to a 20 mm Plossl eyepiece. |
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Ian Bennett took the following photographs during the later stages of the transit. |
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Graham Ensor took the following images of the transit from Swannington in Leicestershire. He used a Watson & Sons 'Century' 3-inch brass refractor and projected the solar disc into a deeply shaded cardboard box. The images were taken with a Sony Mavica digital camera and processed in Adobe Photoshop using levels and several filters to reduce noise and bring out details. Just before second contact. |
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As above but enhanced to show a possible hint of the atmosphere of Venus at the edge opposite the Sun? |
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Second contact with a possible black drop effect. The overall projected image was 12 inches in diameter. |
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Around mid-transit. |
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Approaching the end of the transit. Note the bright faculae near the limb of the Sun. The same structure can be seen in Mike Lancaster's images from Egypt. |
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Malcolm Neal took the following images on film using a 500 mm mirror lens with 2x doubler attached to a Pentax body. He used a home made mylar filter. |
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Julie Brandon and her partner Andrew Payne took the following photos of Venus using a filtered pair of 7-21x42mm zoom binoculars and a Canon PowerShot A60 digital camera. The first is a real-colour image and the second was taken through a green filter to increase sharpness. |
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